An inhabitant of California he was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in prison for killing his two autistic children, Who drowned after he purposely threw the family car into the sea at the port of Los Angeles to collect insurance money.
Ali Elmezayen, 45, waited until April 9, 2015, the date on which the grace period of the last of the many insurance policies taken out by his family to commit the crime expired. point out the Los Angeles Prosecutor’s Office in a statement.
In the back of his car were his 8- and 13-year-old children, both with a severe form of autism, who were wearing seat belts dropped into the water and drowned.
Rehab Diab, Ali Elmezayen’s ex-wife, who was riding in the front seat of the car, could not swim and could have drowned if a fisherman had not thrown a float at her.
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Ali Elmezayen easily got out of the car through the window he had left open and swam to the dock.
As a result of what happened, he received more than $ 260,000 in insurance compensation in the event of the death of his children and invested the sum in the purchase of real estate in Egypt, his country of origin, as well as on a boat.
Judge John F. Walter sentenced Ali Elmezayen to the maximum penalty provided by law, emphasizing in his sentence the “evil plans” and “the vicious and ruthless nature of his crimes.”
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“He is the biggest scammer and liar (…) His only regret is that he was caught,” said the judge, who ordered the “greedy killer” to return the money to the insurance companies.
The prosecution believes the man had long planned to kill his children and his wife and that he abused all three physically and emotionally.
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