The Twisted Case of Pladl Family Murders 

EVERY adult in this story has severe mental illness. How terrible to be trapped among all them crazy ppl.

WTF!!!!! HOW THE HELL CAN BOTH SIDES STAND THERE AT THEIR WEDDING SMILING?! WTH..... SICK PEOPLE!!!

I love how that eleven year old daughter foresaw the demon,half demon half human baby and the human big sister who lost her mind.

So after giving up one child for adoption, and knowing exactly what Steven was like, she marries him and has two more children. Unbelievable.....

Alyssa is noooo hero!!!! EVERY adult in this equation is to blame. Who goes ahead to have two more children with a freaking creep like Steven. This whole story is so disgusting.

Those are seriously heavy thoughts for an 11 year old child to have…I’m blown away by her journal entries.

People who hurt defenceless animals are always very very very sick in the head.

The biological parents are horrible, especially Steven. Killing cats, pinching the babies, wow! I'm adopted and I have wanted to find my bio family, but this kind of story makes me think twice. This is a horrible story. Steven is evil!

All the adults ARE ENABLERS. NO ADULT should have attended that DISGUSTING wedding (ALL are mentally sick for smiling in the photos and for bearing witness to that vomit-inducing wedding). The biological mother should have contacted her local insane asylum and had her daughter committed and the keys thrown permanently away. This story made me sick to my stomach. Smh. That 'so called' father is a demon. May he R.I.P.....rot in piss! 🤢🤮

Everything about this case disgusted me from top to bottom. He originally got a 15 year old pregnant, almost murdered his daughter, then once they got Katie back in their lives; he couldn't just be a dad to her, but a pedophile who got his own biological daughter pregnant! Married his own biological daughter, and because the simultaneous father AND grandfather to her child and then murdered them both. Not to mention, her adopted parents and his mother were there all smiling at their weird shotgun wedding as if they were signing off on this like it was all okay?? No. It was an utter disaster from the start!

The mother is just as guilty , how distressing that she just let that abuse go on. Sick

This whole case is beyond sickening.

My jaw DROPPED at this episode and I swear it stayed dropped the entire time. Disgusting shoddy police work, corruption of a minor, and I'm shaking right now with anger. GRANDMA AND GRAMPA ARE SICK! This whole thing is TWISTED!

Reminder. You are NOT the bad person if you leave a volatile relationship where they use suicide as a threat. Leave even faster.

The journal is the most disturbing thing I’ve ever read. That little girl got one thing right that her father was a devil. How did those people go to that wedding!? Sick! I’m so grossed out. So many poor decisions.

I feel bad for that 11 year old, it’s clear to see how damaged she is from this

the father is truly sick, his daughter even looks like him. There is just no excuse except sickness and evil in the head.

Punishing children for wetting themselves or wetting the bed is so common and it needs to stop.

So strange, this girl had everything going for her. Loving adoptive parents, finished school, getting ready for college etc. I don’t understand what happened when she went to visit them that made her throw all of that away for an incest relationship with her biological father. It makes no sense at all to me.

"Alyssa made numerous attempts to leave him. Steven responded by threatening to blow is brains out"! I am sorry to be blunt but good riddance! It would save a lot of suffering, pain and lives to everyone who fell victim to this psychopath' s violence. She must have abandoned him the first moment she saw him abusing the first baby. My condolences to the victims and their families 😢

I couldn't look myself in the eye if I were Katie's adoptive parents or Steven's mother. The smiles on their faces in their wedding photo may my stomach churn, literally begin to churn, with acid. I hope that picture and their pathetic enabling haunt them for the rest of their lives.

My response to Steven saying he was gonna unalive himself would have been “fucking do it, if anyone ever deserved to, it’s you, so do it” and then I would’ve handed him the gun.

Wait, the police didn't do anything about the relationship until they were married? WTF? This is so sick.

Woah, this was definitely twisted. The true victims were the children. The little girls journal entry broke my heart. How confusing for a little kid, let alone us adults. Bio mom should have left early early on in the relationship. She knew what her husband was like, but continued a relationship and had two more kids. If my husband was sleeping on the floor of my daughters room, i think a shot gun would be coming into play..... WTF is wrong with these people..... totally disgusted. Katie, you knew what you were doing was wrong, yes you were groomed, but you still know right from wrong..... the sister also said that Katie would be mean too..... so no, i feel no pity for her or the adoptive parents. so at the end of the day.....these poor kids will be traumatized, and a little innocent angel lost his life..... RIP Bennett

This man lives up to the “Beyond Evil” title of this channel. So many disgusting 🤮 things happening in this video. Several victims who in turn victimized others with either complacency or indifference or fear of leaving.

This case is exceptionally gross. This speaks to a level of mental disorder that I don't even know where to begin with, and I am working on a master's in psychology, specifically looking to work with victims of family violence and abuse of any kind. It's so far beyond the pale that it makes me feel physically ill, and my heart goes out to all of us victims of family violence and abuse. My family didn't abuse me in the same way. My abuse was inflicted upon me by other adults around me at the time, but it didn't help that absolutely no one believed me. Not even my own mother. I know what it feels like to be literally trapped in a horrific situation, so I want to spend the rest of my life working to help others get the help I was refused.

Every adult in this story has either some kind of mental illness or are just disgusting people. I feel bad for Katie but she was 20 years old when you married her own father so that makes her a sicko as well.

This story makes me sick 🤢 What kind of “man” puts his baby in a cooler so he can’t here the crying? What a disgusting cowardly thing to do! Then all the rest of his destructive behaviour and then murder!?!

The culpability of everyone involved isn't even the most disgusting thing about this.

Alissa only called the police when Katie became pregnant... she knew what was up before that. Katie had issues.... Steven was a narcissist and a predator and took advantage of these vulnerabilities. 🤮🤮🤮

I 100% blame the mother for sooooo much of this. She is disgusting. To Marry that sick freak and then bring her daughter back to him knowing what he did to her as a baby. She clearly feeds off the darkness surrounding this monster.

This was the first true crime story I ever watched but was by EWU. So disturbing! Watching it again and after all this time and all the other videos I’ve watched, still up there with th most messed up !

Good lord!! Y'all have effectively found by far the most disturbing case I've ever ever heard of!! I wasn't even expecting the tragic end, I thought the tale of insest was more than enough. Wooof!!!

The biological mother could have avoided the whole tragedy by leaving that physco early in her life.

I don’t even know how to process this. Something was seriously wrong with multiple people here

the amount of profanity the 11-year-old used in her diary says a lot about the family dynamics.

Alyssa is just as culpable, and there is no excuse In my opinion. There's something really wicked behind her little helpless victim facade.

So sick & twisted . Poor little sisters . 🙏🏼 !!! Thanks Beyond Evil! You guys always show out and come through for us . we appreciate y’all . 🤍

I have followed this case and everytime I see their wedding photo with her adoptive parents and his mom, it makes me nauseated. How do you see a pedophile groom and then marry your daughter and stand there smiling. Get the fucking police involved and put that monster in jail.

Everyone in this story excluding the innocent child is absolutely CRAZY. What the hell is all this? The mother Alyssa, daughter Katie, the adopted parents, Steven...all NUTS!!

That Mother has a lot to answer for. Why wouldn't you be so far away from that piece of dirt once he even thought of putting your baby in a cooler box - let alone everything else he dome to them poor children...and that poor cat 😢

BIG thanks to each and everyone of you that make this channel happen! It's amazing, detailed and very well put together. Great job! Keep up the good work!

I wish I never saw this episode, I will need to resume anti-anxiety meds

The fact the mother KEPT having children with him. My God, the stupidity of them both.

The only people that are innocent in this story are the children….. none of the adults and definitely not Katie. All the adults though in this story are absolutely disgusting. Alyssa knew her husband was an abusive loser but she allowed her estranged daughter to move in. ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT

I remember hearing this case. This man is a DISGUSTING human. Sickening. Absolutely sickening. She had such a beautiful life and he came in like a train off the tracks and DESTROYED her.

There were so many instances in which adults could have stepped in. Who lets their kid go to school with the same exact sweater, and which teacher what teacher never investigate this child? And who lets their minor daughter leave with a groomer? The numerous instances somebody could have stopped this...And of all people his mother got custody of the baby boy??? WTF?

Jesus I remember when this story originally came out regarding the incest. I didn’t know the father ended up killing until now. Incredibly disturbing.

This story gets progressively more horrendous by the minute.

This story is the definition of "getting the bad ending." From the moment she contacted her biological parents.

I remember this story. I live near Knightdale and I work there currently. Such a tragic and bizarre story.

IMO Alyssa & the adopted parents were just as disturbed as Steven. Absolutely horrific.

WTF katies adoptive parents went to the wedding...

And yet the mother never left even when he’d put her in a cooler. Great Mother

I can’t believe I’m really hearing this craziness

He’s sick , but also it’s so horrible for her to leave her parents of 18 years and a perfect life

All the adults involved are sick. Imagine going to the wedding of your daughter marrying her father! Why didn't Alissa leave and have him arrested for abusing Katie? Only then go and have more children with him after she had to give up the first one because of the abuse, I mean it's unbelievable how stupid people are!! I'm not even going to mention his mother. They ALL allowed this to happen 😔

So sick! But the mom is just as guilty. Some women don’t deserve to be moms

Steven’s mother enabled his destructive behavior and to some extent contributed to the baby’s death. May the stepdad and baby Bennett rest in peace 🕊️💐

5:31 she believed he could change, after doing what he did to his own daughter and killing/beating animals... seriously? How dumb can someone be?

Murder is always horrible, but the murder of a child absolutely disgusts me. They’re so innocent, and genuinely good hearted. I don’t care what degree of murder it is. If you kill a child, you should be get life in prison.

Welp this one certainly isn't getting monetized. But I appreciate this channel for not censoring or attempting to sanitize the story.

7 min in and can’t watch further, cannot deal with kids living in such realities.. my heart just feels like breaking

Disgusting. The story just got worse and worse. And he took lives like a damn coward. Too bad alyssa didnt leave him so he would unalive himself he would have done the world a favor

This is the most disgusting case ever. Steven was an evil narcissistic monster. He groomed and violated Katie. Alyssa tried to warn Katie but she was brainwashed by him. Its sad what happened after Katie saw what type of man Steven really was. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this tragedy❤🙏

What in the hell is going on with our children and families? This story is beyond disgusting! It’s pure evil!!! I can’t believe his mother and her adopted parents witnesses their wedding!!! Demented

I honestly just feel for the baby and the adoptive father. All the other people in this story are just sick!

She was old enough to know that it is disgusting and wrong to marry your father and have a baby with him wtf. Plus the guy is a psycho clearly and mentally ill. Like what.

Dear Lord..this case is so evil and insane on so many levels. Katie,s adoptive parents seemed like great people but encouraging this liason and going to the wedding??? I would have spent the day in the toilets vomitting. So heartsick for Katie and her dad, but that poor little mite..what was his crime?? Alyssa should have left that demon when she had to give Katie up because he was an abusive pos and would never change.

Alyssa should be in prison, she chose to overlook his abuse towards their daughter and instead of leaving she gave her up for adoption and then proceeded to have more children with the same man. Complete negligence and she is every bit as guilty as he was

The journal entry from the kid was unreal... that's like some shit out of a movie.

The little girl was right , her father was a devil. Amazing how kids sometimes are more intelligent than grown ups.

It really all boils down to don’t be a pushover and leave. Had Katie’s mother taken her far far away, and done the right thing from the very beginning, none of this would have happened. I blame her more than anyone to be honest. I hope she feels guilt and pain for the rest of her life for all three of the lives lost. The adoptive parents are mind blowing too. I really don’t care how old she is. She’s your child. Protect her. They should have never enabled any of this. If it were me I’d have gone to jail for locking her in the house before I even entertained her moving in with them.

I am sick of stories with adopted parents paying the price for trying to be good people 😔😔😞😞😒😒

This mother is messed up too, did y’all notice she said I’d probably go back there and scoop her up 🤦‍♀️ PROBABLY

What a horrid person, this is a sickening case. R.I.P Katie, Bennet and Tony.

The Lannisters wouldn't even take it this far!

Killing babies, children or animals is simply unacceptable!

And it all started with the mom. As a teen, they allowed her to date a 20 year old man. They should've called the cops on him.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! She let some guy lock her baby in a freaking COOLER?! And "eventually" would go back and let her out? I wouldnt consider any of these people to be human.

WOW THAT WAS THE ABSOLUTE MOST INSANE STORY IVE EVER HEARD IM SPEECHLESS

Out of all the true crime documentary channels, Beyond Evil has the best videos. And the narrator's voice is by far the best lol.

Wow - what a fustercluck. The guy was a madman. And yet every step he got away with everything. The police "investigating" and doing pretty much nothing until he was alreasy married to his daughter. The court releaaing him on bond. The baby boy going to his mother and not her parents. And his final act is sickening.

She clearly inherited her father's psycho gene.

Oh...I know this story! This has to be, by far, the most f*cked up case I've ever heard. This one takes the prize. I can't believe it's real.

I just don't understand the smiling faces in the pic from the wedding. Should never of happened .

I’ve heard this story told many times and never any less shocking

😮😮 I have NO words... Other than sick 🤢🤢🤢 sick sick monsters.. and the grandparents that clearly condoned the wedding are sick too!

What a tragic story from start to finish. Imagine being happy to meet your biological parents and suddenly everything changes so quickly to getting married and having a baby with your biological father. He must have been so manipulative and/or abusive for Katie to think it was a normal thing. The ending to this story was predictable as well. I hope Steven is right where he belongs, and Katie and Bennett are together and at peace. RIP to her adoptive "real" father as well. What a heartbreaking case.

How can the adopted parents be fine with the daughter they raised just marrying her father and having children with him? What's the rationale there?

Well that blew my mind. Sick isn't the word!!! That poor little baby 😢😢 just sickening and disturbing.

Man imagine being the defence lawyer that has to fight in count in defence of a man that slept with his own daughter. I'd despise every moment of having to defend that guy.

I don’t know if anybody remembers V.C. Andrews (my sister binge-read them briefly before graduating to fantasy/sci-fi) but this story full of depravity and enablers is like a 21st C. real-life version of that hideous fictitious garbage…. So many levels of disgusting that i need to take a shower

Even Katie Pladl's birth parents looked eerily similar to each other.

I'm sure he had a "story" to groom Katie, to be seen as a victim. Something like "I didn't want to give you up." As if it was all his wife's fault. There's so many women in Steven's life that enabled him...his Mother raising his baby because he couldn't hold a job etc.

Everyone in this case except the baby (and MAYBE Katie, but that's a stretch) were disgusting people. How Alyssa is so braindead that she couldn't put two and two together is beyond me. And the fact that she didn't even bother to think that allowing Katie to be around the man that got her pregnant at the same age, unsupervised, shows she's the queen of everything stupid. Steven was just a sick man from start to finish. People like that don't deserve second and third chances. Who knows what he said to Katie to get her to sleep with him, but considering how her step parents practically supported the idea of her marrying her biological father proves she wasn't raised with any type of emotional or intellectual care. I feel like Katie wasn't given the opportunity to live a normal life, which could have leaned into how she fell for her father. Teenagers don't think things through, but when she got older and realized the error of her ways, that same father took her life because he couldn't have it. What an absolute scumbag. Even the courts were a let down, to not think "oh hey, maybe we should restrict visitation rights for the father since it's clear the baby will be with the mother." Failure on everyone involved. So many people had the chance to prevent this tragedy, and they just didn't for God knows why.

This guys voice is on point!!! Love your uploads ❤❤❤

This cases very disgusting. It's doesn't matter how many different channels I've watched about this case, it still disgusting from the first to the end. Everything is wrong in this cases. But I always appreciate your hard work, I know its not easy to cover all these cases but you are very good at this kind of thing.

This case was frustrating and upsetting. I also wish I could know what Katie was thinking. And I don't want to blame her adoptive parents. "Thanks" for your take on it...

I normally have something to say but this one left me speechless. I hate to be in Steven's shoes on the day that he stood before the Lord. Unbelievable