Sick father 'married' his biological daughter before killing her and their baby
In a shocking case from the US, a man named Steven Pladl, who was involved in an incestuous relationship, killed his biological daughter, their baby, and her adoptive father before ending his own life in 2018.
This horrifying chain of events spanned across three states and several decades. Steven's mother alerted the police in North Carolina after he confessed to her that he had committed the murders.
His victims, his daughter and wife, Katie Pladl, and her adoptive father, Anthony Fusco, were later found dead. The bodies of 20-year-old Katie and 56-year-old Mr. Fusco, riddled with bullets, were discovered in a truck in New Milford, Connecticut.
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The couple's baby was found dead in their home in Knightdale, North Carolina, on the same day. Steven Pladl was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a minivan in Dover, New York, as reported by WTVR-TV.
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The father and daughter had been arrested for incest in Virginia the previous year. This followed Katie's decision to reconnect with her biological parents via social media when she turned 18 - Katie had been adopted by the Fusco family in Wingdale, New York. Her mother, Alyssa Pladl, gave Katie up for adoption after realising that her husband Steven was abusive towards the child and had reportedly sexually abused her. Alyssa met Steven online when she was just 15 years old.
Steven Pladl abused his daughter from birth, causing her mum to give her up for adoption (FOX61)The couple went on to have a baby girl, Denise. However, Steven's violent behaviour led to Alyssa losing custody and eventually giving up Denise for adoption. The adopted child, renamed Katie by her new family, grew up under their care until 18 when she set out to find her birth parents. She moved in with Pladl and her mum, fell pregnant, leading Alyssa to move out as rumours spread that Pladl was planning to marry his own daughter.
Despite facing charges, Pladl was released from jail under one condition - to avoid contact with Katie. But he had different plans. The day before the horrifying incidents unfolded, he took his son for a supposed visit to his mum in New York.
The next communication from him would be a shocking confession of murder. His mother, audibly distressed, relayed his chilling 911 confession: "My son just called me. He told me... he killed his baby and he's in the house," she said sobbing. "He killed his wife. He killed her father. I can't even believe this is happening."
The father and daughter had a baby that Katie named Bennett - who was also found dead (mirror.co.uk)She disclosed that "his wife broke up with him yesterday over the phone." Pladl's mum had been given the care of his seven-month-old son, Bennett, as a condition of his bail.
In Knightdale, North Carolina, police found the baby boy's body. The town's Police Chief Lawrence Capps shared: "We are heartbroken, and saddened over the death of this child and like you, we are trying to make sense of all the factors that led up to this senseless taking of life."
Chief Capps also revealed that Pladl had driven to New York "for the specific purpose of making some confrontations." Pladl's legal representative, Rick Friedman, informed WNCN-TV in North Carolina that Mr. Fusco and Ms. Pladl were shot, and "then Steven took his own life. This is a terrible tragedy that nobody foresaw," Mr. Friedman commented.
"I really believe that if the judges or the prosecutor or the defence lawyers, in this case, had any clue that the minor kid or anyone would be harmed, there would not be a bond set for any of the parties," Mr. Friedman added.
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