Wolfgang staudte family murders
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Staudte Family Murders
Criminal case
The Staudte Family Murders case, also known as "The Antifreeze Murders", was a series of killings and attempted killings within the Staudte family of Springfield, Missouri, during a five-month period in 2012.
Staudte Family Murders.
Family matriarch Diane Staudte and her daughter, Rachel Staudte, committed the crimes together using antifreeze purchased off the internet, with the rationale that antifreeze sold online would not contain the added bittering agent in commercial chemicals making the ethylene glycol poison detectable.[citation needed] Diane's husband, Mark Staudte, was murdered first, followed five months later by her autistic 26-year-old son, Shaun Staudte.[1] 24-year-old daughter Sarah Staudte had also been poisoned with the antifreeze, being taken to hospital in critical condition.
Sarah survived the poisoning and later recovered, albeit with physical and neurological damage. Diane Staudte was sentenced to life in prison without