Hohn and Levi met when they were 16 years old and were married by the time they were 18. She explained to her daughter that that was the intention, but the money went to Karl and Cindy instead. “The other day she asked me, ‘If life insurance is supposed to take care of family members, shouldn’t Daddy have left that for us?’” Cassie Hohn said at the time. In 2013, Levi’s daughters were already beginning to ask questions about what happened to their father and where the money went. NEW TONIGHT: “The Sins of the Father” | Don’t miss the stunning new 20/20 event special TONIGHT at 9|8c on ABC. The Insurance Money Never Went to Levi’s Ex-Wife or Daughters His daughters are 17 and 15 years old.Ī financial advisor told police in 2013 that Karl Karlsen and his wife, Cindy Karlsen, initially set the money aside into various funds for Levi’s daughters, but they later drained those accounts. He subsequently used that money to move the family from California to Seneca County, New York.Īfter Levi’s death, his father received $707,000 in life insurance from a new policy, but, according to their mother, Levi’s daughters never received any of it. When Karl Karlsen’s first wife died, he received $200,000 in life insurance money. “I know that you killed my mother.” #ABC2020 is new tonight at 9/8c.
Karl Karlsen Received $707,000 in Life Insurance
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing Levi, and he was then sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his first wife. Though initially ruled as an accident, the authorities became suspicious when they realized that just 17 days prior to Levi’s death, his father had made him take out an insurance policy for himself and list Karl Karlsen as the sole beneficiary. Karl Karlsen’s son, Levi, was crushed under his father’s truck while he was repairing it in November 2008. Karl Karlsen, Christina Karlsen and their three children lived in Calaveras County, California when their home was enveloped in flames on New Year’s Day in 1991. Levi Karlsen was murdered by his father for a $700,000 insurance payout, and his children did not see any of the money following his death. Tonight on ABC’s 20/20, the daughters of Karl Karlsen, who killed his wife and son for insurance money, are speaking of what it was like growing up.
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