Mother convicted of poisoning her family maintains her innocence
ABC News
Diane Staudte was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in 2016.
Despite confessing to police that she poisoned her husband, son and daughter with antifreeze, Diane Staudte says she is innocent.
“I said what I was told to say -- I’m saying there’s more to that than what people know,” Staudte said in an exclusive interview with “20/20.” Despite her claims of innocence, there is no evidence that anyone but Diane Staudte and her daughter, Rachel, were behind these shocking crimes.
Nearly six years after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, Diane Staudte said she’s ready to share the chain of events that led to her life imprisonment without parole.
In 2012, Staudte seemed to be living a normal life in Springfield, Missouri. She was trained as a nurse, was an active member of her church and the breadwinner for her family of six. Her husband Mark Staudte was a local musician who looked after their children.
