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Prosecutors revealed new details on the tragic killings of three children in Round Lake Beach this week, alleging their father drowned them before leaving a note for their mother to find.

During a bond court hearing Wednesday, prosecutors alleged 35-year-old Jason Karels drowned the children - ages 5, 3 and 2 - individually in a bathtub before leaving their bodies on a bed in the home.

Also left at the scene was a note that read "If I can't have them, neither can you," prosecutors said in court.

Karels was ordered held on a $10 million bond Wednesday morning.

"This is a devastating case for our community, and we are resolved to achieve justice for these three innocent children," Lake County States Attorney Eric Rinehart said in a statement.

Police said they were called to the residence just after 1 p.m. after the mother of the children discovered the children inside as she came to pick them up after a weekend with her estranged husband.

What they saw yesterday is something that no one should have to see, Police Chief Gilbert Rivera said.

The Lake County Coroner said the initial cause of death was ruled as drowning.

Karels had fled the scene and an alert was put out for his vehicle, authorities said.

Police ultimately found him and pursued him for nearly 20 minutes, finally capturing him after he crashed his vehicle on Interstate 80.

Officers say that Karels admitted to them that he had killed the three children, and said he had tried to take his own life.

He was taken to an area hospital after the crash, and was booked into the Lake County jail on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a family member says that they are in shock over the deaths of the three children, identified as Bryant, Cassidy and Gideon Karels.

That family member told NBC 5 that the childrens mother dropped them off at the home for the weekend, and that she could have never imagined it would be the last time she would see them alive.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the mother and the extended family of the children, including raising money for funeral costs.

There is nothing more evil than a parent that kills their children

This piece of shit obviously didn't view his kids as individual human lives. They were just items to be used

Why do humans exist

This is always a thought lurking in the back of my mind when one party gets the short end of the stick (deservedly or not) in divorce/custody proceedings.

Put the fucker in gen pop and walk away.

Karels was ordered held on a $10 million bond Wednesday morning.

As someone mentioned, to do this not once but 3 times in a row shows this guy was a complete psychopath.

Put the fucker in gen pop and walk away.

How the fuck is bond of any kind allowed?

Whats the back story here?

Yes. Its important to see what pushed him this far to see if we can avoid similar things happening in the future to other kids.

I dont condone what he did whatsoever. He gets no sympathy from me. But trying to avoid it happening again is also important. If there was a string of events that led to this horrid event that can be reviewed to try and prevent future similar events.

Yes. Its important to see what pushed him this far to see if we can avoid similar things happening in the future to other kids.

I dont condone what he did whatsoever. He gets no sympathy from me. But trying to avoid it happening again is also important. If there was a string of events that led to this horrid event that can be reviewed to try and prevent future similar events.

Put the fucker in gen pop and walk away.

How can you look at their adorable faces and still do that to them...

care more about hurting their exes than they do about the lives of their own children.

Unfortunately in a lot of cases the judges tend to side with the mothers despite what is in the best interests of the kids.

What you posted had nothing to do with his response.

Father is a POS for drowning the kids

I've often wondered though, what would happen if a court ruled that the guy had to pay child support/alimony with very little or no custody, so the father just decided to off himself. Assuming he didn't have a life insurance policy or something, can't expect a dead guy to make payments so do the woman and kids get any kind of payments after that or is it just done?