Towards the end of November in 2010, a woman walked in to a police station in Louisville, Kentucky, and informed them that two children were dead. The grim revelation led to an extensive search for the two children which spanned across several states.
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Audio Sources:
“John DeBlase sentenced to death for killing his children”
“John DeBlase friend Creighton Hobbs talks about slain children”
“Corrine DeBlase talks about Natalie and Chase DeBlase, killed in 2010”
“Judge Sentences Heather Keaton to Death Sentence by Lethal Injection”
Sources:
ABC – 11, 1 December, 2010 – “Ala. Woman in LMPD Custody”
CBS – 5 WKRD, 1 December, 2010 – “Two Children Missing, Feared Dead”
ABC – 11, 2 December, 2010 – “Biological Mother of Missing Kids Speaks Out”
ABC – 11 WHAS, 2 December, 2010 – “Stepmother Says She Believes Father Killed his Two Children”
ABC – 11 WHAS, 3 December, 2010 – “DeBlase’s Friend Tips Off Police”
ABC – 11 WHAS, 3 December, 2010 – “Mobile, Alabama Police Believe Two Missing Children Are Dead”
ABC – 11 WHAS, 3 December, 2010 – “Father of Missing Ala. Children Talking to Police, in Custody”
Associated Press, 4 December, 2010 – “Ala. Police Suspect 2 Missing Children are Dead”
Press-Register, 4 December, 2010 – “Police to Begin Search for Bodies”
Birmingham News, 5 December, 2010 – “Search Begins for Children’s Bodies”
Associated Press, 6 December, 2010 – “Dad Buried 1 Child in Miss. Other in Ala.” `
Press-Register, 7 December, 2010 – “Missing Kids’ Mom Has Hope”
Associated Press, 8 December, 2010 – “Body of Missing Ala. Boy Believed Found”
Independent Record, 8 December, 2010 – “Rival Abuse Claims Cloud Search for Kids”
Associated Press, 9 December, 2010 – “Dad of Missing Ala. Kids Charged with Murder”
Associated Press, 9 December, 2010 – “Warrants Detail Torture of Ala. Kids Buried by Dad”
CBS – 5 WKRG, 9 December, 2010 – “Natalie DeBlase Bound with Duct Tape”
ABC – 11 WHAS, 11 December, 2010 – “Police Find Remains Believed to be those of Missing Four Year Old”
Press-Register, 14 December, 2010 – “Vigil Honours DeBlase Children”
UPI, 14 December, 2010 – “Alabama Couple Charged in Children’s Death”
CBS – 5 WKRG, 7 January, 2011 – “DeBlase Stepmother to be Charged with Capital Murder”
Associated Press, 8 January, 2011 – “Ala. Woman Faces Murder Charges”
Press-Register, 9 January, 2011 – “In God’s Hands Now”
Associated Press, 14 February, 2011 – “Stepmom Admits Giving Antifreeze to Kids”
The Huntsville Times, 3 November, 2011 – “Couple to Stand Trial for Murder”
Press-Register, 22 October, 2014 – “True Love and Real Horror”
Press-Register, 23 October, 2014 – “More Video Confession Expected”
Press-Register, 23 October 2014 – “Trial Testimony”
Press-Register, 24 October, 2014 – “In Interview, DeBlase Co-Defendant”
Press-Register, 24 October, 2014 – “DeBlase Trial”
Press-Register, 28 October, 2014 – “In Letters, DeBlase said He Choked Chase and Natalie”
Press-Register, 29 October, 2014 – “DeBlase Trial”
Press-Register, 3 November, 2014 – “Fireworks Expected in DeBlase Child Murder Case”
Press-Register, 5 November, 2014 – “In Closing Arguments”
Press-Register, 6 November, 2014 – “Do They Hate Me?”
Press-Register, 7 November, 2014 – “Mobile County Prosecutor Calls Child Killings Shockingly Evil”
Press-Register, 8 January, 2015 – “Death Sentence for John DeBlase”
Press-Register, 8 May, 2015 – “Capital Murder Trial Begins”
Press-Register, 12 May, 2015 – “You’re a Manipulator, Sweetie”
Press-Register, 14 May, 2015 – “She Didn’t Have Any Remorse”
Press-Register, 15 May, 2015 – “Child Abuse Reports Dominate Day 6” Birmingham News, 7 October, 2020 – “Court Strikes Down Woman’s De
