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Friday, January 9, 2015

Father who poisoned, tortured and strangled his 3 and 4-year-old children is sentenced to death as he tells court and their weeping mother 'I love my kids'



A father who tortured and killed his three-year-old son and four-year-old daughter has been sentenced to death.

John DeBlase from Mobile, Alabama, was found guilty of two counts of murder in November for poisoning Natalie and Chase with antifreeze and strangling them.

The 31-year-old and his wife Heather Keaton (right) - who will also be tried for the killings in April - were then arrested after the children's bodies were dumped in a rural area in Mississippi in 2010.

Chase's remains were found six months after he was killed.

Heather Keaton, DeBlase's common-law wife, will be tried separately for the killings in April. Prosecutors said DeBlase likely killed the children to end their suffering at the hands of Keaton.  More 
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