The children were visiting their father for the weekend when he drowned them one-by-one in a bathtub before trying to kill himself, then leading police on a chase across the Chicago area, Lake County prosecutors said.
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. - An estranged father has been charged with first-degree murder after admitting to drowning his three children, police said on .
Jason Karels, 35, is charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of his three children – 5-year-old Bryant, 3-year-old Cassidy, and 2-year-old Gideon.