A man and his long-lost biological daughter are facing incest charges after having a baby together and saying they were going to marry.
Katie Rose Pladl, was born to Steven Pladl and her mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in January 1998, but they put her up for adoption.
Her parents, who were 22 and 17 when she was born, did not see her again until Katie turned 18 and tracked them down on social media.
She moved into their home in Virgina, USA, in August 2016. By this time, the couple had married and had two younger daughters, and Katie called her biological parents ‘mom and dad’, reports wtvr.com.
But within three months, Steven’s wife separated from her husband, moved out of the family home and told authorities that he was sleeping on Katie’s bedroom floor.
Meanwhile, Court documents claim that Steven Pladl, now 42, told his other children, who are Katie’s siblings, to call her step-mom.
Samira SALAH
Metro
