Killer dad Chad Doerman listened to creepy song and made chilling call to his father hours before shooting three young sons, prosecutor reveals

An Ohio begetter who fatally gunned down his 3 kids past summertime listened to a creepy opus successful his car conscionable hours before, officials person revealed.  

Clermont County Prosecuting Attorney Mark J Tekulve gave a briefing connected Monday aft Chad Doerman pleaded blameworthy connected Friday to 3 counts of murder.

The 33-year-old wept successful court as he admitted to gunning down his sons Clayton, seven, Hunter, four, and Chase, three, astatine their family location successful Monroe Township, 20 miles eastbound of Cincinnati, connected June 15, 2023. 

He besides pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of felonious battle connected his then-wife, Laura Doerman, who tried to extremity nan murders, and his teenage stepdaughter, who has not been named owed to her property and position arsenic a unfortunate successful nan case. 

Tekulve revealed that connected nan greeting of nan killings, Doerman searched YouTube for a opus called Happy successful Hell by Colt Ford arsenic he drove to work. 

Tekulve displayed nan song's chorus, which comprises nan sinister lyrics: 'I'm successful a drawback twenty-two/ Damned if I don’t damned if I do/ I’m successful emotion pinch different girl/ And I’ve been dreamin' successful different world/ I’ve been livin' pinch nan devil/ While I’m creepin' pinch an angel/ All’s good that ends well/ I conjecture I’ll beryllium happy successful hell.'

Doerman past called his begetter astir midday and told him 'Clayton is going to beryllium nan hardest one' - a reference to nan killings which was only clear to his begetter successful retrospect - Tekulve said. 

The charismatic besides showed chilling surveillance footage of Doerman waiting for thief which ne'er came astatine a Little Clinic astatine his section Kroger's that aforesaid day. 

Doerman waited successful nan session - which is intended to supply thief for communal illnesses - for conscionable 2 minutes and near without speaking to anyone. 

He is seen nonchalantly leaning connected nan antagonistic earlier leaving nan store. 

The Ohio begetter past purchased a Bud Light brew earlier returning location to his family. 

Doerman made respective unusual comments successful nan hours earlier nan killing, Tekulve said - but thing which could person alerted his woman to what was astir to happen.

He told his woman 'this will beryllium my past bully meal' arsenic they ate luncheon together, and unlocked nan weapon safe later successful nan day. 

But he besides spent overmuch of nan time playing pinch his family arsenic normal, conscionable arsenic he had coached them astatine shot believe nan nighttime earlier arsenic though thing was untoward. 

'Between astir 1pm and 3.30pm nan suspect spends nan day doing gait work, playing pinch nan kids, thing retired of nan ordinary, thing to alert Laura that she needed to do thing to protect nan family,' Tekulve said. 

'At 3.30, 3.45pm, he originates to publication nan book to Hunter. He's walking astir nan location pinch nan Bible mumbling "Chad knows what's right, Chad knows what's right".' 

'Shortly earlier 4pm he gets into nan weapon safe, leaving it unlocked. Laura says "you are scaring me". Chad says "I'm conscionable playing around".

'He did this to again allay immoderate concerns astir her safety, his safety, aliases nan information of nan boys. He actively deceived her.'

Tekulve added that by 4pm Doerman was telling his boys that he 'loves them and they did thing wrong' and they were 'the champion boys ever'. 

The charismatic past described nan infinitesimal Doerman turned nan weapon connected his sons. 

'Around 4pm, connected that time of nan killing, nan suspect and Laura and each 3 boys spell into nan maestro bedroom,' he said. 

'Laura is concerned successful nan backmost of her mind that he's going to do thing to wounded himself. 

'Suddenly, aft lying down, nan suspect jumps up, grabs nan 22 firearm from nan safe, and panic fills nan room. 

'Laura is screaming, nan boys are screaming, Laura is frightened that he's astir to termination himself.

'They're each trying to discourage him, telling him that they emotion him and begging him not to termination himself.

'Laura gets nan telephone retired to telephone 911. He grabs nan phone, throws it crossed nan room, and tells her, it's excessively late.'

'And past what I tin only ideate - good I can't ideate - he points nan firearm astatine Hunter, and shoots him aggregate times.'

Doerman past changeable nan younger 2 boys, and injured his woman arsenic she tried to prevention them. 

On Friday, Judge Richard Ferenc jailed Doerman for 3 life sentences without parole, and a minimum 16 years for nan battle charges. He will not look nan decease penalty. 

The boys' distraught mother told nan tribunal she approved of nan plea deal, but said nan determination would travel arsenic a astonishment to immoderate moreover though it 'brings immoderate finality to nan tribunal lawsuit for my girl and me'.