Suburban Chicago man gets life in prison for drowning three young children
-- A Round Lake Beach father was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without parole for drowning his three young children. On June 13, 2022, police found the children, 5-year-old Bryant, 3-year-old Cassidy, and 2-year-old Gideon, dead inside Jason Karels' home. The Lake County coroner determined the three had drowned. Karels, 36, pleaded 'guilty but mentally ill' on Dec. 15, 2023.
'Later that evening, Illinois State Police spotted Karels' car on Interstate 57 near 115th Street. After a 17-minute chase across multiple highways, Karels crashed in a wooded area along Interstate 80 near Water Street in Joliet.As police and firefighters were pulling Karels from the wreck, he admitted he'd killed his children and made multiple suicide attempts but failed.
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