Steven and Alyssa had already decided to separate and were

How a reunion with birth parents led to incest and murder

What started out as a joyful reunion of a young woman with her birth parents soon turned sour, then shocking, and finally deadly.

A young woman named Katie married her birth father, cheap canada goose uk had a baby with him and, after she decided to leave him, lost her life to him, along with the lives of their child and her adoptive father. All three were laid to rest this weekend in upstate New York.

all still in shock, said Shirley Mann, a neighbor of Katie adoptive parents in Dover. crazy. I don know what else to say. It horrible. whose last name was Fusco at the time, had no idea before she moved in with Steven Pladl and his wife in August 2016 that he had an explosive temper, a history of abusive behavior and owned at least four guns.

canada goose outlet woodbury Alyssa Pladl holds a photo of her daughter KatieAP canada goose outlet woodbury

A very normal life

In 1995, Steven Pladl was 20 when he met a 15 year old girl named Alyssa on the internet. She soon became pregnant and gave birth to a girl they named Denise.

Alyssa Pladl told the Associated Press in an interview last week that they put the girl up for adoption when the child was 8 months old. They were young and poor, she said, but she also believed Steven canada goose coats Pladl physically abused the baby. In her interview, she did not elaborate.

was so hard to give her up, Alyssa said, I had to because I wanted her to live and be happy. most of what was to be her short life, she was. Tony Fusco and his wife, Kelly, adopted the girl, whom they renamed Katie, and raised her with their biological daughter in Dover, about 80 miles north of New York City.

canada goose jacket uk mens had a very, very normal life, said Cary Gould, Kelly Fusco brother. nickname for Katie was Pac Man. She was always eating. She loved animals. She was a vegetarian. was an aspiring artist known at Dover High School for drawing comic strips. She planned to attend college and pursue a career in digital advertising. canada goose jacket uk mens

pen and something to draw on became a safe place for me, she wrote in a blog post. became my weapon against rules and regulations. To be short; for me, a life without art is no life at all. turning 18 in January 2016, Katie, who Gould said had been told she was adopted, found her birth parents and messaged them. The Pladls were happy to reunite with her.

Katie Pladl in 2016AP

Instead of going to college in August 2016, Katie moved in with the Pladls Canada Goose Coats On Sale in Henrico County, Virginia, that month. Tony and Kelly Fusco were apprehensive, Gould canada goose uk outlet said, but they thought Katie was old enough to make her own decisions and supported her.

canada goose expedition parka uk All was not well in the Pladl home. Steven and Alyssa had already decided to separate and were sleeping in separate rooms. Alyssa Pladl said she had suffered emotional and verbal abuse by her husband for years. canada goose expedition parka uk

was always on eggshells, whatever his mood was, everybody knew, and that mood was often not happy, a lot of yelling, a lot of things canadian goose jacket smashed in the house, in front of our kids, she said.

Alyssa Pladl told Katie privately that Steven Pladl had abused her as a baby and that a major reason for the adoption was her own safety.

Katie, according to Alyssa, didn appear to be concerned.

canada goose outlet vaughan mills in love Pladl behavior changed after he met Katie, Alyssa Pladl said. He began wearing skinny jeans and form fitting shirts. He shaved his beard and let his hair grow long. About six weeks after Katie moved in, Steven Pladl one night slept on the floor in her uk canada goose room. canada goose outlet vaughan mills

It immediately concerned Alyssa. After he did it again the next night, she confronted him. He said it was none of her business and stormed out of the house with Katie.

Alyssa Pladl Canada Goose Jackets finally moved out in November 2016, and she shared custody of the two children with Steven Pladl.

In May 2017, she learned from her 11 year old daughter journal of the incestuous relationship and Katie pregnancy. Her daughter wrote that she and her sister were told by Steven Pladl to refer to Katie as their stepmother.

canada goose hybridge lite uk started to become hysterical, and I called him, she said. said, Katie pregnant with your baby? He just said, thought you knew. We in love. started screaming, she said. was just cursing him out: could you? You sick. She a child.’ she called the police. canada goose hybridge lite uk

On July 20, 2017, two months after his divorce from Alyssa was finalized and amid the police investigation, Steven Pladl married Katie in Parkton, Maryland. They lied on their application, saying they were unrelated, according to records.

canada goose gloves uk Katie adoptive parents posed for a photo on the wedding day Canada Goose Parka along with Steven, Katie and Steven mother. Katie wore a short black dress. canada goose gloves uk

Canada Goose sale Tony and Kelly Fusco thought there was nothing they could do and had decided it was best to support Katie, Gould said. Canada Goose sale

Katie gave birth to Bennett on Sept. 1. She and Steven moved Canada Goose online to a house on a cul de sac in Knightdale, North Carolina, just east of Raleigh, but wedded bliss did not last long. They were arrested on incest charges in January. A judge ordered them to not contact each other, and Steven Pladl mother has custody.

Steven Pladl lawyer, Rick Friedman II, said there was never an allegation that Steven Pladl pressured Katie into a relationship.

case is an 18 year old girl who shows up at the doorstep of a 40 year old man who going through difficult times with his wife, Friedman said. have https://www.nationaalzweminstituuteindhoven.nl a bond because they biologically related, but they never knew each other before they had uk canada goose outlet a sexual relationship. He was head over heels buy canada goose jacket in love with her, so much so that that outweighed the issue of them being biologically related. the arrests, Katie moved back with Tony and Kelly Fusco, who declined to comment for this article. Every Tuesday and Thursday, she would travel to her adoptive grandmother home in Waterbury, Connecticut, Gould said.

On April 12, a Thursday, Katie and Tony Fusco canada goose uk canada goose outlet black friday left the Dover home for Waterbury. In a minivan nearby, Steven Pladl watched them leave, surveillance video shows.

Minutes later in nearby New Milford, witnesses reported someone opening fire. Katie and Tony Fusco, 56, were fatally shot. Steven Pladl was later found dead of a self inflicted gunshot back in Dover.