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Boyfriend Charged in
Killings of 2 Boys April
27, 2007
By Carla K. Johnson
Associated Press
CHICAGO - A man accused of fatally
stabbing his girlfriend's two young sons and sexually assaulting her
daughter told police he was disciplining the boys over their chores
and the situation escalated, police said Friday.
Brian Gilbert, 36, of Chicago has
been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and sexual
assault.
The bodies of the boys, ages 12 and
14, were found at their home early Thursday, around the time their
mother was arriving home from her job at O'Hare International
Airport. They had been stabbed repeatedly with a steak knife.
Deputy Police Chief Michael Shields
said Gilbert decided to discipline the boys about cleaning up and he
became angry and struck one of them. The 13-year-old girl tried to
intervene and Gilbert then attacked her, Shields said.
The girl, who was stabbed in the
neck, was in good condition at a hospital Friday.
Gilbert could face the death
penalty if convicted of first-degree murder. He was to appear in
court Friday afternoon. It was unclear if he had an attorney.
The mother told the Chicago Tribune
that she became alarmed when she returned home and found Gilbert,
whom she had been dating for only a few weeks, outside her
apartment. He told her that her sons had gone to the store.
After he left, she went inside,
only to find the police there.
"I saw my youngest slumped in the
side of a closet in the living room," she said. "I saw my baby boy."
The Associated Press is not
identifying the mother and sons in order to protect the identity of
the daughter, the alleged victim of a sex crime.
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond had
said earlier that the suspect was a registered sex offender.
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