Weird : Church-going Missouri mom, 53, pleads guilty to using anti-freeze to kill the husband she 'hated' and her son who was 'worse than a pest' before poisoning daughter who 'would not get a job

Diane Staudte, 53, avoided a possible death penalty by pleading guilty for killing her husband and son in 2012
She also admitted to injuring one of her daughters in 2013, by spiking her drink with antifreeze
Her other daughter, Sarah Staudte testified on Thursday morning
Sarah now has permanent brain damage but says she forgives her mother
A Missouri woman has admitted to plotting with a daughter to fatally poison her husband and son with antifreeze and attempting to kill another daughter over a 14-month period.

Diane Staudte, 53, of Springfield, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree murder, one count of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree assault,
The Springfield News-Leader reported another daughter, 25-year-old Rachel Staudte, pleaded guilty earlier to helping with the poisonings at her mother's insistence.

As part of a deal with prosecutors, Diane Staudte will avoid a possible death sentence. She faces a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Staudte told investigators that she poisoned her 61-year-old husband, Mark Staudte, with antifreeze because she hated him, and that she killed her 26-year-old son, Shawn Staudte, because he was 'worse than a pest,' according to the probable cause statement.

She also admitted poisoning her daughter Sarah Staudte over four days because 'she would not get a job and had student loans that had to be paid,' investigators said.
A medical examiner initially ruled that her husband's April 2012 death was from natural causes and her son's September 2012 death was from prior medical issues. But a tip led authorities to re-examine the deaths in June 2013 following the hospitalization of Sarah Staudte, who was then 24.

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