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.
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.