Perpetual for a man who drowned his autistic children for insurance

A California resident was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in prison for the murder of his two autistic children, who drowned after deliberately throwing the family car overboard in the Port of Los Angeles to collect money from the insurance.

Ali Elmezayen, 45, waited until April 9, 2015, when the grace period on the last of many insurance policies his family had taken out, to commit the crime, the Los Angeles prosecution said. .

In the back of his car were his 8 and 13-year-old sons, both with severe autism, who were wearing seat belts when they fell into the water and drowned.

Ali Elmezayen’s ex-wife Rehab Diab, who was in the front seat of the car, couldn’t swim and could have drowned if a fisherman hadn’t thrown a float at her.

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 compensation from the insurance taken out 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 a boat.

Judge John F. Walter sentenced Ali Elmezayen to the maximum sentence prescribed by law, stressing in his sentence the “evil plans” and “the vicious and ruthless nature of his crimes”.

“He’s the biggest crook and liar … His only regret is being caught,” said the judge, who ordered the “greedy killer” to return the money to the insurance companies.

The prosecutor’s office believes the man had long planned to kill his children and wife and abused all three physically and emotionally.

Between July 2012 and March 2013, Ali Elmezayen had taken out life insurance for his family from eight different companies, for a total of more than three million dollars. He paid $ 6,000 a year in premiums even though he reported to the Treasury an annual income of less than $ 30,000.