Tragic stabbing in Northampton claims lives of 3 family members

🚨Kevin Castigla, 55, is now charged with criminal homicide

🚨He told hospital staff he stabbed his parents and sister

🚨Deborah Castigla is a teacher in the Centennial School District

NORTHAMPTON, Pa. — A man has been charged with killing his parents and sister, a beloved Centennial school district teacher, after he told hospital staff he killed them, officials said.

Police said that Kevin Castigla, 55, is now charged with criminal homicide in the deaths of his father Fred Castigla, 90, mother Judth Castiglia, 88, and 53-year-old sister Deborah Castigla in the Churchville section. He is also charged with abuse of corpse in addition to possession of an instrument of crime and terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another.

After being taken to a hospital following his arrest on Monday, Kevin Castigla told a doctor, “I hurt someone,” according to police. Two hours later, he told hospital staff, “I killed my parents in their sleep” and “I killed my sister when she found them.” He later told officers that he had stabbed to death his parents and sister…

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