‘My husband murdered our sons – 18 months later I discovered his chilling secret’

A mother has revealed the chilling email she discovered 18 months after her husband’s murder of their beloved sons – and he’s now seeking parole.

Kathleen Chada is determined to keep Sanjeev Chada imprisoned after he callously ended the lives of their boys, Eoghan, 10, and Ruairí, five, in July 2013.

She appeared on Ireland AM this week to explain why her ex-husband shouldn’t be granted freedom following his failed murder-suicide attempt.

The stay-at-home father, residing in County Carlow, was said to be taking his sons bowling when he instead transported them to a remote lane in Ballintubber, County Mayo.

Following an overnight stay in the vehicle, Sanjeev strangled them the next morning. He subsequently placed their bodies in the boot before intentionally colliding with a wall around 10 hours later, reports the Irish Mirror.

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Sanjeev survived and contacted his frantically concerned wife at home, stating: “They are dead in the back.”

He killed the boys just 10 days after it was revealed he’d stolen €56,000 from a local community organisation. This funded his gambling addiction involving stock market speculation.

Despite being in shock, Kathleen vowed to support him upon learning of the embezzlement, and the mother, who was employed full time, reassured him they’d overcome it. However, the boys’ murder transformed everything.

Kathleen, who stated they enjoyed full and contented lives until the money theft, said: “So he had embezzled money from our local community centre and that’s what I suppose triggered this.

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“But we found out afterwards this was a thought that was in his head for a long time.

“It was a trigger but he had thought about killing all of us probably at least a year-and-a-half before. He had written an email I had found after the fact.

“So he… the thought was there. He had thought about this for quite some time.”

The chilling email was something Sanjeev had sent to himself – and within it he expressed his desire to kill his wife and his children.

Kathleen now harbours fears he’ll attempt to “finish the job” and come after her should he ever be released.

Eoghan suffered several broken bones and his injuries were described as “catastrophic”.

She maintains this must weigh heavily in the Parole Board’s deliberations.

The mum said the level of injuries inflicted on Eoghan in particular was something she “boxed away for many years”.

However, his parole bid has “triggered” her to face it head-on, and she outlined her reasoning.

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“It’s not enough for me that the Parole Board knows what happened,” she stated. “They need to know how he did what he did.”

While Kathleen feels certain Sanjeev won’t secure parole on this occasion, the typical life sentence in Ireland stands at 21 years – meaning he could potentially be considered in around eight years.

She went on: “So I have to assume that at some point that he will be considered. And how do you let somebody like that out of prison…

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“I didn’t know this was inside of him. I didn’t know he was capable of something like this.”

She concluded: “I always say, Kathleen Chada is reasonable and balanced and fair, but Eoghan and Ruairí’s mum is not. And that’s what I am now.

“He does not deserve to be free in any way, he deserves nothing in this world but he does not deserve the opportunity to walk out through the prison doors at any stage.”