Pladl incest and murders

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Trending date
2026-04-16
Title
Pladl_incest_and_murders
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Pladl incest and murders
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<p>On April 12, 2018, 43-year-old <b>Steven Walter Pladl</b> murdered his biological daughter, 20-year-old Katie Rose Fusco Pladl, with whom he had been engaged in an incestuous relationship, and her adoptive father, 56-year-old Anthony Charles Fusco, in New Milford, Connecticut. The day prior, Steven had murdered his and Katie's <span class="nowrap">seven-month-old</span> son, Bennett Kieron Pladl, by smothering him in Knightdale, North Carolina. Bennett was also Steven’s grandson and Katie’s brother. Following an hours-long search by Dutchess County police, Steven Pladl died by suicide in Dover, New York.</p>
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Multiple murders committed by man in incestuous relationship with biological daughter.
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