In June of 2013, 24-year-old Sarah Staudte was taken to the local hospital by her mother and younger sister. She’d been getting increasingly sick and by the time she arrived at the hospital, doctors found her to be in organ failure, nearing death. No one could figure out what was causing her sudden illness. It wasn’t long before an anonymous tip urged the Springfield Police Department to take a closer look at Diane Staudte, the mother of the family. Not only was Sarah in the ICU, Mark, her father, and Shaun, her older brother, had all died suddenly in a short period. What detectives found was beyond anything they ever could’ve imagined..

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336: Staudte Family Murders