Children adopted by Steven and Sheryl Sueppel

Steven Sueppel, indicted for embezzling from the bank that he worked for, killed himself, his wife, and their four adopted Korean children, Ethan (10), Seth (7), Mira (5), and Eleanor (3),in Iowa City, Iowa.

Date: 2008-03-23
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive father
Placement agency: Holt Children's Services Inc.
Location: Iowa City, IA, US
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Hills Bank seeks money from Sueppel estate2008-08-28
A Korean view of the Sueppel murders2008-04-02
Deaths of Sueppel children add to adoption debate in Korea2008-04-01
Police: 'I'm not certain that a firearm was ever involved'2008-03-28
American Father Kills Wife and 4 Adopted Children from Korea2008-03-27
S. Korean Adoption Agency Saw No Problem With American Parents2008-03-27
A man desperate to die2008-03-26
Sueppel children were ages 3, 5, 7, and 102008-03-24
Legal woes didn't portend Sueppel family deaths2008-03-24
Eyewitness: Van driver 'had a mission in mind'2008-03-24
Warrant: Theft paid for drugs2008-03-24
Single-vehicle crash on I-80 leaves one dead2008-03-24
Police confirm Sueppel's vehicle crashed on I-802008-03-24
Ex-bank official pleads not guilty2008-02-21
Ex-banker accused of taking $559,0402008-02-13
Sueppel indicted by a federal grand jury in February2004-03-24

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