‘If I can’t have them neither can you’: Father sentenced for drowning 3 children in bathtub as way to spite their mother

Jason E. Karels murdered Bryant Karels, 5, Cassidy Karels, 3, and Gideon Karels, 2, by drowning them in a bathtub, authorities said. (Mug shot: Office of Lake County State

Jason E. Karels murdered Bryant Karels, 5, Cassidy Karels, 3, and Gideon Karels, 2, by drowning them in a bathtub, authorities said. (Mug shot: Office of Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart)

The Illinois man who pleaded guilty to drowning his three children to spite their mother was sentenced Friday to spend life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In victim impact statements, the kids’ mother, aunt, and maternal grandmother called the defendant, Jason E. Karels, 36, a “monster” and said that losing Bryant Karels, 5, Cassidy Karels, 3, and Gideon Karels, 2, was a like a “light lost,” according to Lake County prosecutors.

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