An Oklahoma mother who executed two of her children while they slept has been sentenced to life behind bars.
Amy Leann Hall, 43, pleaded guilty to murdering her son Kayson Toliver, 18, and daughter Khloee Toliver, 16, in November 2018, by shooting them at point blank range in their beds.
Hall also shot her 14-year-old daughter but she survived. The killer mom then tried to flee the scene as she led cops on a daring 110mph car chase that ended in her arrest.
Following her life sentence this week, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Christopher J. Wilson said, ‘The horrific violence visited upon this family was unimaginable, and nothing will ever make things right.’
Oklahoma mother Amy Leann Hall, 43, has been sentenced to life in prison for executing two of her children while they slept. She also shot her daughter, 14, in the head, who survived
Kayson, 18, was shot in the head by his mother while he slept in November 2018. He was standout senior running back on the Beggs High School football team
Daughter, Kloee, 16, died from her injuries four days after being shot and declared brain dead
On the night of the murders, Hall entered her son Kayson’s room while he was sleeping and shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
Kayson was a star high school football player for the Beggs High School team, and was a standout performer in his senior year before his death.
The mom then proceeded to another bedroom with her daughters, 14 and 16, inside, and shot them both in the head.
Khloee was not killed instantly, and was raced to a Tulsa hospital where she was later pronounced brain dead. She died four days later from her injuries.
Hall’s 14-year-old daughter, who has not been identified, survived the shooting after the bullet grazed her head.
She then fled to a bathroom, and won praise from police as she reportedly convinced her mom to turn over the gun that she planned on using on herself.
‘She kind of talked [Hall] down,’ Okmulgee County Sheriff’s investigator Duston Todd told PEOPLE at the time. ‘That is heroic to face somebody like that who tried to kill you.’
Hall’s son Kayson had a friend staying over in his room on the night of the murders, who called police to the scene at 6:30am after waking up to find the horror inside the home.
‘This is something they all woke up to,’ Todd added. ‘Everybody was surprised.’
16-year-old Kloee Toliver, left, and her brother 18-year-old Kayson Toliver were both shot dead
Hall said she opened fire on her children to save them from her allegedly ‘abusive’ estranged husband, claims that have not been corroborated according to officials
Cops were called to the Nuyaka home (pictured) by one of Kayson’s friends who was sleeping in the same room that he was shot in
After shooting her children, Hall fled the scene and led cops on a high-speed chase at 110mph for four miles, which ended with the mother being taken into custody.
Hall initially told police that she didn’t know why she had shot her children, and her estranged husband had previously claimed she suffered from severe psychological issues.
However, she later claimed that she killed her children to save them from her estranged husband, who she alleged was abusive. Todd told People that these claims have not been substantiated.
The couple had been embroiled in a bitter custody dispute since 2016, two years before the murders.
Behind bars since the crimes, Hall pleaded guilty to the murders in November 2022.
After her life sentence this week, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said, ‘The horrific violence visited upon this family was unimaginable, and nothing will ever make things right.
‘Nevertheless, justice requires a careful consideration of all facts, including the interests of the surviving victim. Based on these considerations, the United States recommended a life sentence be imposed in this case.’