A Michigan man convicted of murder in the drowning deaths of his four children is seeking clemency after serving 35 years in prison. Lawrence DeLisle, 63, was convicted in 1990 and sentenced to five life sentences without parole for first-degree murder and attempted murder in the tragic incident that occurred on Aug. 3, 1989.
DeLisle claimed that a leg cramp caused him to hit the gas pedal, leading to the vehicle plunging into the Detroit River. The crash resulted in the deaths of his four children - 8-year-old Bryan Delisle, 4-year-old Melissa Delisle, 2-year-old Kathryn Delisle, and 8-month-old Emily Delisle. His wife, Suzanne DeLisle, who divorced him and remarried after the trial, stated that she tried unsuccessfully to grab the steering wheel from her husband.
