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 close range in their bed.
Hall also shot her 14-year-old daughter, but she survived. The killer mother then tried to flee the scene as she led police on a daring 110mph 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 that devastated 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 14-year-old daughter in the head, who survived
Kayson, 18, was shot in the head by his mother in November 2018 while he slept. He was a standout senior on the Beggs High School football team.
Daughter Kloee, 16, died four days after she was shot and declared brain dead from her injuries
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 his senior year before his death.
The mother then went into another bedroom with her daughters, aged 14 and 16, and shot them both in the head.
Khloee was not killed instantly and was taken to a hospital in Tulsa, where she was later declared brain dead. She died from her injuries four days later.
Hall’s 14-year-old daughter, who has not yet been identified, survived the shooting after the bullet grazed her head.
She then fled to a bathroom and received praise from police when she reportedly convinced her mother to hand over the gun she planned to use on herself.
“She talked (Hall) down a little bit,” Okmulgee County sheriff’s investigator Duston Todd said PEOPLE at the time. “It’s heroic to meet someone like that who tried to kill you.”
Hall’s son Kayson had a friend staying in his room the night of the murders, who called police to the scene at 6:30 a.m. after waking up to find the horror in the house.
“This is something they’ve all woken up to,” Todd added. ‘Everyone was surprised.’
16-year-old Kloee Toliver, left, and her brother, 18-year-old Kayson Toliver, were both shot and killed
Hall said she opened fire on her children to save them from her allegedly ‘abusive’ estranged husband, claims that officials say have not been confirmed
Police were called to the Nuyaka house (pictured) by one of Kayson’s friends who was sleeping in the same room he was shot in
After shooting her children, Hall fled the scene and led police on a high-speed chase at 110 mph for four miles, which ended with the mother’s arrest.
Hall initially told police she did not know why she shot her children, and her estranged husband had previously claimed she suffered from serious mental health problems.
However, she later claimed that she killed her children to save them from her estranged husband, who she said was abusive. Todd told People that these claims are unsubstantiated.
The couple had been embroiled in a bitter custody dispute since 2016, two years before the murders.
Hall has been behind bars since the crimes and pleaded guilty to the murders in November 2022.
Following her life sentence this week, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Wilson said, “The horrific violence that devastated this family was unimaginable, and nothing will ever make things right.
“Yet justice requires careful consideration of all the facts, including the best interests of the surviving victim. Based on these considerations, the United States recommended that a life sentence be imposed in this case.”