Father Accused Of Drowning His Autistic Children

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

They accuse a father of drowning his autistic children. Ali Elmezayen faces murder charges after being accused of intentionally driving his car out to sea to drown his sons Abdelkarim, 8, and Elhassan, 13, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office reported. Elmezayen, 44, is also being investigated for life insurance fraud. Prosecutors accuse him of driving his Honda car to the water in the port of Los Angeles to collect $ 6 million from life insurance that he bought two years before the fatal event.

The case for his alleged life insurance fraud - of which he has pleaded not guilty - is scheduled for September 3. Investigators said the man had put the car into the sea with his wife and children inside. His window was open and he was able to get out in 30 seconds and swim to the surface. His wife, Rabab Diab, was unable to swim, but was rescued. The woman reportedly came out of the water screaming, "My children, my children."

According to the Los Angeles Times, the father assured that it had been a tragic accident, that he had accidentally accelerated and that "something diabolical inside him had made him lose his mind." Elmezayen received more than $ 260,000 in insurance payments for the deaths of his children and sent more than $ 170,000 to his native Egypt, according to reports. The case has shaken the world.