Because nobody gives a $&#@ when a worthless piece of human debris commits suidide. Taking innocent people with you forces them to at least notice.
About 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Wendy Krost discovered her 36-year-old husband, William Eric Krost, hanging just inside their Tabor Road home, said Etowah County Sheriff James Hayes. She ran out and called 911, Hayes said.
Wendy Krost thought her children were safe at a home where she had dropped them off for a slumber party before going out for the night with some of her own friends.
But deputies instead found Brandon, 10; Ashley, 8; and Katherine, 4 all stabbed to death inside the Krost home.
"He was not mad at the kids," Hayes said. "He just wanted to take away from his wife everything she had ever cared for."
Krost also decapitated all six family pets two dogs, three cats and an albino boa constrictor, Hayes said.
The Krosts had been married 15 years, but had been having marital problems lately, Hayes said. Methamphetamine use by one or both of the parents may also have contributed, he said.
About 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the father picked up his children from the home where they were staying, Hayes said.
"How long it was after that it was until this heinous act, we don't know, but we think it was 3:30 or 4 a.m.," the sheriff said.
William Eric Krost made a tape recording, which possibly included his killing the children, Hayes said.
"There are things on the tape indicating he did but he inadvertently taped over it," the sheriff said.
During the hourlong recording, Krost said he didn't want his wife to have the children, Hayes said. He left the tape for his wife to find.
"It was awful language," Hayes said. "He was getting back at his wife for asking for the divorce."
Hayes said he did not know how many stab wounds each child sustained. Autopsies are planned for them and the father.
Deputies were able to speak briefly Saturday with Wendy Krost. She was with her parents Saturday night.
"I don't think it's set in what happened yet," Hayes said.
Describing the crime scene as "gruesome," Hayes said the investigation has taken a toll on deputies, many of whom have children of their own.
"They were defenseless," Hayes said of the Krost children. "Any death is bad, but it's aggravated when kids or the elderly are involved. This is the worst act of violence against kids I have ever seen in my life, and I've been in law enforcement 32 years next week."
Krost also decapitated all six family pets two dogs, three cats and an albino boa constrictor, Hayes said."