A father accused of drowning his three children in the United States is said to have left a letter to his wife who had asked for a divorce.
“If I can’t have them, neither can you.” A father from Illinois, USA, is accused of drowning his three children and attempting suicide. He would have left behind these few words explaining his gesture, reports CBS News. “The most important thing in the world to me was my kids, and he knew it. He knew nothing was more important than those little ones, and he took them away from me, because he knew it would hurt me the most,” the grieving mother said.
The police intervened last Monday after being called by the mother, worried that she had no 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 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 police officers present, indicating that he was responsible for the deaths of the children at his home in Round Lake Beach,” Round Lake Beach Police Chief Gilbert Rivera said. , according to ABC 7. “He also said that 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. The mother said she asked to be separated from him because he was neglecting his family, but from the start wanted him to maintain a relationship with their children, so that they would not be deprived of a father. “I thought it was good that the father was still in their lives. He had to see them. I had so much confidence, I was sure that everything would be fine, but it was not the case”, she lamented. Jason Karels has been charged with three murders and his bond has been set at $10 million.