Man Kills Wife, Children Over Household Chores

[The Straight Story]

--Maybe prison will make him a better man and he will do some nice things people....(yeah some sarcasm in that.)

Police: Man Kills Wife, Children Over Household Chores
Suspect Argued With Wife Over His Chores

POSTED: 7:33 am EST December 15, 2005

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A man accused of killing his family told police he beat and strangled his wife and killed their three children after the couple argued about him doing chores around the house, according to a court record.

Police found Simon Rios, 33, on the front porch of his home on the city's south side after receiving a suicide call about 5 a.m. Tuesday.

Inside the home, officers found a puddle of blood on the living room floor, a probable cause affidavit said. They found Rios' wife, Ana Casas, and the couple's three children dead in a bedroom.

Rios pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four preliminary counts of murder and two counts of moving a body. He was being held without bond in the Allen County Jail.

Allen County Coroner E. Jon Brandenberger said autopsies found that Casas, 28, had died from blunt force trauma to the head and strangulation and that 4-year-old Katherinne G. Rios, 20-month-old Thannya Karolinna Rios and 10-year-old Liliana Rios Casas had been strangled.

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