A suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his estranged wife saying, "If I can't have them neither can you," prosecutors said Wednesday.
The note was mentioned during a bond hearing for Jason E Karels, 35, of Round Lake Beach, who faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths on Monday of 5-year-old Bryant Karels, 3-year-old Cassidy Karels and 2-year-old Gideon Karels.
Officers sent to his home to check on the children's welfare found the note, prosecutors said.
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Jason Karels appeared before Lake County Judge Theodore Potkonjak and was ordered held on a US$10 million bond. It was not immediately known if Karels had a lawyer to speak on his behalf.