Dad in Ohio Receives Life Sentence After Shooting His Three Sons

Dad in Ohio Receives Life Sentence After Shooting His Three Sons

Following the shooting murders of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year, a man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.

Chad Doerman, 33, admitted guilt to counts of aggravated murder and was given three consecutive life sentences by a Clermont County judge on Friday. In addition, he received a second 16-year sentence for two felonious assaults that resulted in injuries to his stepdaughter and ex-wife.

The death penalty will not be pursued by prosecutors

The June 15, 2023, murders of Clayton Doerman, 7, Hunter Doerman, 4, and Chase Doerman, 3, in Monroe Township, some 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of Columbus, had the prosecutor, Mark Tekulve, initially pledging to pursue the death sentence.

On Friday, though, he brought up the trauma that the family members who are still alive “experienced that day and continue to experience on a daily basis.”

In his words to reporters on Friday, “My job, as I saw it this week, was to relieve them of that additional agony.”

Prior to his arrest, Doerman was stated by the prosecution to have planned the murders and to have pursued one of the boys into a field when he attempted to run away. Doerman was discovered sitting on a stoop at the residence. His serious mental disorder was a point of contention for the defense lawyers.

Judge Doerman’s ex-wife, the mother of the children, sobs

 

“I would do anything to push them on the swing, cover them up one more time and hear their little ways of saying, ‘I love you,'” she stated. “… I have anger, frustration and so much sadness. Grief will never go away because it is all the love that is left with no place to go.”

After the sentencing, she made another statement through the prosecutors expressing her “full agreement” with the case’s outcome.

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“No punishment will ever bring my boys back,” she stated. “Having a guarantee that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars is what is best for my family.”

Thanking the police and emergency personnel and requesting anonymity, Laura Doerman said that she and her family “grieve every day” for the boys. However, she also requested that people recall the kids from before that day’s events.

“Remember them as the three little boys who loved fishing, go-carting, and swimming,” she stated. “Remember them as the little boys who were always at the baseball fields or running around outside. Remember them as the boys who love to have fun and were inseparable from one another.”

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