An American father is accused of drowning his three children while they were spending the weekend at his home. He then tried to kill himself.
Jason Karels is accused of the unimaginable. This American living in Illinois is said to have drowned his three children while they were taking aim at him over the weekend. The police intervened on Monday after being called by the mother, worried that she had no more news. She was supposed to come and pick up her children but could no longer get in touch with her ex-husband. The father and the three little victims, Bryant, 5, Cassidy, 3, and Gideon, 2, were found at his home. The children were in a room and the autopsy revealed that they had been killed by drowning, indicates the “New York Post”. Jason Karels, he fled in his car and was chased after being located by the police, who managed to arrest him after the crash of his vehicle.
“After the accident, Jason Karels gave statements to the officers present that he was responsible for the deaths of the children at his Round Lake Beach home,” Round Lake Beach Police Chief Gilbert Rivera said. , according to ABC 7. “He also said he had attempted suicide several times after the children died but was unsuccessful in those attempts,” he added. The police have not yet formalized the motive for this crime. It was simply clarified that the couple he formed with the mother was in the process of divorce.
“I never thought he would do this to his children”
Questioned by the “Daily Beast”, Christina Neuman Berg, the accused’s sister-in-law, explained that he had “a lot of psychological problems that he refused to treat”. She added that the children’s mother was abused when she was married and recently finally had ‘the strength to leave him and start divorce proceedings’. “But Debbie wanted her kids to still have a relationship with their dad and let him visit, now we know that was a horrible mistake,” she continued. The mother also spoke to the “Daily Beast”, indicating that she spoke to her children for the last time on Sunday: “They were just happy to talk to me and they seemed happy that I would pick them up later” . “I never thought he would do this to his children. But now I know, if you have any doubt, don’t ignore it. He told me that his only problem was with me,” she continued.
Lake County Board Member Dick Barr helped create a GoFundMe page that has already raised tens of thousands of dollars. “This tragedy happened in my own neighborhood, and I need to make sure this mother has everything she needs so she doesn’t have to worry about money at this terrible time. It is the criminal act of a selfish soul, void of humanity, void of compassion, void of mental well-being, which cared more for itself than for its own children.