Diane Staudte on confessing to poisoning family members | 20/20 ‘Home Sweet Murder’ Preview

so you've lost your husband you've lost your son and now your daughter is clinging to life are you saying this is just a coincidence this is by far the most shocking case i have ever been a part of it was unlike anything we had ever seen here it felt extremely surreal to know that i was you know somehow connected to these heinous murders i didn't want another one to die in the house and why is that these houses are nasty after somebody's died in it i went to her house and asked her what happened [Music] and she proceeded to tell me like she was giving me a recipe to a cake no emotions no nothing she must be in great shock of course you're in shock who thinks of walking in and finding their son dead how much bad luck can one family have it's not if sarah is going to die but when sarah was going to die she was clinging to life her brain function is feeling her liver function is failing i just felt like i want to strangle my mom because of what she did so are you a killer we've been following this case of diane stouty for about eight years ever since she confessed to killing members of her own family she's never talked publicly about how and why until now we're actually headed to the chili coffee prison in missouri where she's been held for the last six years to hear her story hello diane i'm deborah roberts this is a chance for you to speak which you know you haven't done i guess no ever do you find yourself wondering how you wound up here you a nurse a mom a wife a woman who had a full life do you think you deserve to be in prison yes and no [Music] springfield is a charming town everyone is really warm and kind-hearted we have a church and chinese restaurant on every corner it's definitely conservative you know it is definitely in the buckle of the bible belt we pray to thee our god this day so whenever things like the starting case happens it really rocks the tight knit community [Music] hi everyone george stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the abc news youtube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the abc news app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Length: 3min 18sec (198 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 25 2022