Ethan, Seth, Mira, Eleanor Sueppel

Incident date: 2008 Mar 23

Child placement type: Adoption

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Persons:

Organizations: Holt International Children's Services Inc., Holt Korea - Holt Children's Services Inc

Steven Sueppel, indicted for embezzling from the bank that he worked for, killed himself, his wife Sheryl, and their four adopted Korean children, Ethan (10), Seth (7), Mira (5), and Eleanor (3),in Iowa City, Iowa. Seth was on the autism spectrum and Eleanor had Polycystic Kidney Disease. Mrs Sueppel and the children were beaten to death with a baseball bat then Steven died in a deliberate car wreck.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Hills Bank seeking $556K from Steven Sueppel estate	2008 Aug 29
Hills Bank seeks money from Sueppel estate	2008 Aug 28
'Mother of all Korean orphans' admits not every adoption perfect	2008 May 8
Faithful question church funeral for killer	2008 May 5
Justice Department dismisses Sueppel case	2008 Apr 10
Sueppel's turmoil grew before slayings	2008 Apr 10
A Korean view of the Sueppel murders	2008 Apr 2
Deaths of Sueppel children add to adoption debate in Korea	2008 Apr 1
Investigators release info in Iowa City slayings	2008 Mar 30
1,000 attend funeral	2008 Mar 30
Friends talk about who the Sueppels were	2008 Mar 29
Police: 'I'm not certain that a firearm was ever involved'	2008 Mar 28
Blows killed mother, children	2008 Mar 27
Police: No proof Sueppel bought cocaine	2008 Mar 27
American Father Kills Wife and 4 Adopted Children from Korea	2008 Mar 27
S. Korean Adoption Agency Saw No Problem With American Parents	2008 Mar 27
Funeral Home tribute	2008 Mar 27
Obituary	2008 Mar 27
A man desperate to die	2008 Mar 26
Warrant: Theft paid for drugs	2008 Mar 24
Sueppel children were ages 3, 5, 7, and 10	2008 Mar 24
Single-vehicle crash on I-80 leaves one dead	2008 Mar 24
Eyewitness: Van driver 'had a mission in mind'	2008 Mar 24
Police confirm Sueppel's vehicle crashed on I-80	2008 Mar 24
Legal woes didn't portend Sueppel family deaths	2008 Mar 24
Ex-bank official pleads not guilty	2008 Feb 21
Ex-banker accused of taking $559,040	2008 Feb 13
Sueppel indicted by a federal grand jury in February	2004 Mar 24