Steven Pladl was a resident of Knightdale, North Carolina. ^{[6] [5] [0]}

He is the biological father of Katie Pladl. ^{[0] [2]}

On January 27, 2018, Steven and Katie were arrested and charged with incest with adult, adultery, contributing to delinquency.

Both were each issued a $1 million bond. Steven Pladl has since been released on bond but Katie remains in jail. ^{[2] [0]}

Katie was born in January of 1998, and was soon given up for adoption out of state. ^{[2] [0]}

When she turned 18, she used social media to track down her biological parents. After making contact with them, she moved to their home just west of Richmond, Virginia, in August 2016 and began to live with her biological parents and their two other children. ^{[0] [2]}

Steven Pladl and his wife legally separated in November 2016 and the wife moved out.

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On May 23, 2017, Steven Pladl’s wife read in the journal of one of her children that Katie was pregnant and Steven Pladl was the father.

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Steven Pladl allegedly told his other children to call Katie Pladl their step-mom.

The wife called Steven and asked him if he had impregnated their adult biological daughter.

Steven Pladl told his wife he was the father of Katie’s child and that they planned to marry.

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On April 12, 2018, police in Knightdale, N.C. responded to a home at around 9:00 a.m. where Steven Plad and Katie were living when they were arrested on incest charges in January 2018.

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There, they found 7-month-old Bennett Pladl dead in a suspected homicide. No one else was in the home. ^[5]

About 20 minutes earlier, 600 miles north in New Milford, Conn., police responded to a report of a shooting and found Steven and Katie dead in a pickup truck with New York plates, the victims of a double homicide.

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