FORT WAYNE — New documents obtained by NewsChannel 15 give perspective on what led Amber Pasztor to kill her children last September. The documents claim she had planned to kill them for weeks.

The file includes police and coroner’s reports related to the death of six-year-old Rene Pasztor and seven-year-old Liliana Hernandez. There is also an extensive history of documentation from the Department of Child Services (DCS).

In an exclusive jailhouse interview with NewsChannel 15, Pasztor admitted to killing her kids and her neighbor Frank Macomber. However, signs of trouble came well before that tragic September day.

Documents of reported child abuse and neglect go back to 2011. Dozens more reports were filed over the next five years with dozens more meetings to follow. DCS was alerted to multiple absences from school and concerns that Pasztor would leave the children alone or with various family members for extended periods of time.

The children had been in the care of Pasztor’s father and stepmother since April 2015. Pasztor was granted supervised visitation. A family member reportedly told a DCS caseworker Pasztor had planned to kill the children for months.

DCS visited the family’s home a day after they were killed. The family member revealed to the caseworker that Pasztor had been watching the house for at least a week. The person said Pasztor had reportedly bragged about plans to kidnap her children and had been asking around about getting a gun. She was willing to pay $200 dollars for it, according to the report. The caseworker notes that this was not reported to DCS prior to the killings.

Pasztor told NewsChannel 15 she was trying to protect them from someone but would not elaborate. We have learned that “someone” may have been involved with the Mexican Cartel, according to DCS records. An email exchange from 2014 between caseworkers discussed concerns over placing the children in the father’s brother’s care because he may have connections to the Cartel. The caseworkers discussed the possibility that the children’s father was a drug lord who was killed in 2010.

Those closest to Pasztor believed she was just paranoid. Pasztor reportedly was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 16 and would self-medicate with drugs.

Source: WANE