Clayton, Hunter, 4, and Chase Doerman.Photo:Rachel Brown/Facebook
Rachel Brown/Facebook
A trial date has been set for theOhio father accused of killing his three young sonsafter planning the attack for several months, according to multiple reports.
Chad Doerman, 32, will face a jury in Clermont County from July 8 to Aug. 2, 2024,WCPO,WXIXandWLWTreport.
Doerman allegedly lined up his three young sons — later identified as Clayton, 7, Hunter, 4, and Chase, 3 — and shot them execution-style on July 15 of this year, the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
Three minutes later, a driver in the area called police to report a young girl running down a road screaming that “her father was killing everyone,” the sheriff’s office said.
The Doerman brothers.Chad Doerman/Facebook
Chad Doerman/Facebook
According toWXIX, citing the sheriff’s office, deputies arrived at a home in the 1900 block of Laurel Lindale Rd. in Monroe Township and found Doerman sitting on the steps with a rifle beside him.
Shortly after, police found the three children laying in the yard unresponsive. The sheriff’s office said they attempted CPR, but the children died at the scene.
The children’s mother was allegedly shot in the hand while trying to protect her sons from the gunfire, prosecutors said at Doerman’s arraignment.
Chad Doerman.Clermont County Sheriff’s Office
Clermont County Sheriff’s Office
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In July,Doerman was indictedon nine counts of aggravated murder, eight counts of kidnapping and four counts of assault, according to theAssociated Press,WXIXandWCPO.He pleaded not guilty.
The 7-year-old victim’s baseball coachpreviously told PEOPLEthe three boys"were a little pack"who went everywhere together.
“They were always together,” Dwayne Kuhn said. “And at the ball fields, if we were playing a game, then everybody was there watching. The other two boys, his sister, mom, everybody was there watching him.”
“It’s heartbreaking,” Kuhn added. “These little guys were such a joy to be around and so much fun, all three of them. They were just amazing children.”
source: people.com
