A California father-of-three was sentenced on Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for intentionally driving his ex-wife and two autistic sons off of a wharf, and drowning the children to collect on accidental death insurance policies he had taken out on them. Elmezayen conceived a cold-blooded plan to murder his autistic sons and their mother, then cash in on insurance policies,' said Acting United States Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison. Elmezayen began purchasing the insurance policies the same year he exited a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. 'The defendant maliciously planned the death of his autistic sons and gave them virtually no chance of survival.' Elmezayen then collected more than $260,000 in insurance proceeds from Mutual of Omaha Life Insurance and American General Life Insurance on the accidental death insurance policies he had taken out on the children’s lives.

Source: Daily Mail March 11, 2021 21:16 UTC