BALTIMORE, Md. — A man with a history of mental problems was charged with drowning his three children in a Baltimore hotel room over the weekend and had threatened to kill them more than a year ago, his former wife said in court documents.
Mark Castillo, 41, was charged Monday with first-degree murder, child abuse and child abuse resulting in death. Police say he confessed to drowning the children, Anthony, 6, Austin, 4, and Athena, 2, one-by-one Saturday in the bathtub of his room at a Marriott hotel near in the city’s Inner Harbor. He was being held without bail.
Police charging documents said Castillo was motivated by his recent divorce. Court records show he was fighting a pitched legal battle with his former wife, Amy Castillo, over the children.
