An Ohio man recently scored a win in court after a judge ruled that his confession to killing his three sons execution-style is inadmissible due to his rights being violated after his arrest.
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In June 2023, 32-year-old Chad Doerman was arrested and accused of fatally shooting his three sons execution-style at their home in Monroe Township. The children were identified as 7-year-old Clayton, 4-year-old Hunter, and 3-year-old Chase.
Police were alerted of the killings when a woman called 911 and screamed that her “babies had been shot.” Doerman was accused of lining the children up one by one and shooting them. One of the children tried to flee, but the father allegedly “hunted him down” and shot him. Police body cam footage has since been released of the Ohio man’s arrest, where officers found him sitting on the steps of his home with a rifle next to him. Before officers forced him to the ground and handcuffed him, the footage shows police asking him what was going on and he calmly replied, “Nothing.”
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Last Summer, he was subsequently indicted on 21 counts in Clermont County court, including nine counts of aggravated murder, eight counts of kidnapping, and four counts of felonious assault. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. However, in January 2024, the Ohio man’s attorneys filed a motion to suppress portions of his interrogation, alleging their client’s Miranda rights were violated at the time of questioning by police.
According to FOX 19, the Ohio man gave a confession on the execution-style killing of his three sons, but on Friday (March 15), Judge Richard Ferenc ruled that the confession was inadmissible as the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office violated Doerman’s rights twice: 1) when officers failed to advise him of his Miranda Rights before interrogating him; and 2) when detectives continued to question him after he said he wanted an attorney.
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Due to the failed actions of the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office, the court ruled that prosecutors could not use statements, audio, or video recordings from Doerman’s interrogation. The judge explained, “The defendant’s Miranda rights were violated … after the defendant unequivocally and unambiguously invoked his right to counsel when he told Det. (Michael) Ross, ‘I’ll wait for a lawyer, I don’t know, give me a couple of days, I can talk to a lawyer and get nice good answers.’”
The judge continued, “Therefore, irrespective of the detectives’ failure to fully and properly advise Doerman of his Miranda rights as immediately set forth above, all statements obtained during the Custodial Interrogation shall be suppressed and the state shall not adduce any of these statements in their case-in-chief.”
Even with this ruling, prosecutors may still use other interviews with Doerman. The Ohio man is due back in court in July.
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