Ohio Man Who Executed His Three Son Pleads Guilty and Avoids Death Penalty

CLERMONT COUNTY, OH — Chad Doerman, a 34-year-old Ohio man, pled guilty to aggravated murder charges on Friday, forgoing a potential death penalty trial. Doerman was accused of the heinous murder of his three sons—Clayton, 7, Hunter, 4, and Chase, 3—in June 2023 at their New Richmond home.

The tragic incident occurred on June 15, 2023, when Doerman lined up his sons and fatally shot them with a rifle in front of their mother, Laura, who wa...