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Teen's reunion horror: She found her dad then he murdered her!

So shocking! - by Samantha Ireland
  • 14 Mar 2020
Teen's reunion horror: She found her dad then he murdered her!

Alyssa was just 15 when she fell pregnant to her 21-year-old husband Steven Pladl.

Their daughter Denise was born in 1998. She was adopted by Tony and Kelly Fusco and became known as Katie.

Alyssa and Steven had two more children and knew nothing more of Katie until she contacted them via social media in 2016.

Katie, then 18, reunited with the Pladls, and moved into the family home to get to know her biological family.  By then, Steven and Alyssa’s marriage was already in trouble so he began sleeping on Katie’s bedroom floor.

Pladl and Katie

Pladl and Katie

It wasn’t until Alyssa had moved out and later found an entry in their 11-year-old daughter’s diary that alarm bells began ringing.

Next to a drawing of a now pregnant Katie, she’d written, My dad calls her baby also his baby. My dad even says she’s my stepmum. He doesn’t even want me to say or call her sister any more.

‘I started to become hysterical, and I called him,’ Alyssa told CBS news. ‘I said, “Is Katie pregnant with your baby?” He just said, “I thought you knew. We’re in love”.’

Alyssa called the police, but that didn’t stop Steven and Katie getting illegally married.

Their son Bennett was born on September 1, 2017, and after wards, Steven and Katie were charged with incest and ordered to stay away from each other.

Katie (left), 20, and their seven-month-old son Bennet

Katie (left), 20, and their seven-month-old son Bennet

Bennett was put in the custody of Steven’s mother.

When Katie informed Steven their relationship was over and returned home to live with her adoptive parents, he was furious.

He killed seven-month-old Bennett before shooting Katie and her adoptive dad Tony dead in their car.

Pladl arrest shot

Pladl arrest shot

Steven then called his mother and confessed, before taking his own life.

Alyssa is furious that he was allowed access to Bennett and Katie after being charged.

‘They did not consider how sick a mind he had,’ she says.

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