Ill. Man Gets Life for Drowning 3 Kids After Leaving Note for Wife: 'If I Can't Have Them Neither Can You'
Debra Karels and her three children, Bryant, 5, Cassidy, 3 and Gideon, 2.Photo: GoFundMe • Jason Karels pleaded guilty last December to three counts of first-degree murder after drowning his children Bryant, 5, Cassidy, 3 and Gideon, 2 • Eric Kalata, a lawyer on the prosecution team, described Karels’ actions as “brutal, evil, and sinister" After being convicted of the murders of his three young children in December,Jason Karelswas sentenced in an Illinois courtroom to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday....