Ohio Man Avoids Death Sentence After Pleading Guilty To Killing 3 Sons
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A Clermont County prosecutor said Chad Doerman was offered a plea deal to help relieve the boys' mother of "additional agony."
An Ohio man who fatally shot his young sons last year pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder Friday as part of a deal with the state to avoid the death penalty.
Chad Doerman, 33, received three consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole over the deaths of 7-year-old Clayton, 4-year-old Hunter, and 3-year-old Chase Doerman, who were shot at their home in Monroe Township on June 15, 2023, multiple outlets reported.
Doerman also pleaded guilty to two counts of felonious assault against his now-former wife and stepdaughter, who’d attempted to stop the killings.
According to a bill of particulars filed in Clermont County and obtained by local stations WCPO and WLWT, the incident began when Doerman returned home from work and started walking around with a Bible in a manner that was scaring the children.
His then wife, the mother of the three boys, told him that she did not like what he was doing, and she and their sons then took a nap with him, according to the court document.