Jason Karels' estranged wife Debra called 911 after arriving home to find the bodies of all three children, along with the note from her husband, who had custody of the children that weekend.
A car crash on Route 60 and Bacon Road left three people hospitalized, one in serious condition and two with non-life threatening injuries, according to Battalion Chief Jim Weidman of the Grayslake Fi.
Jason Karels faces life in prison after he pleaded guilty but mentally ill, to three counts of first-degree murder for drowning his three children in a bathtub last year.