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-- A man confessed to playing an audiotape to his napping 10-year-old stepson to try to induce the boy to kill his 4-year-old half brother, police said.
Police said Donald Winniewicz, 36, gave an explanation, but they declined to release it or details of the tape's contents.
Winniewicz admitted making the tape recording and playing it once as the boy tried to sleep on or around Halloween, court documents said.
His wife, Nancy, found the tape in a file drawer in the family's home earlier this month and played it, hearing her husband's voice telling the older boy to strangle the couple's preschooler son or smother him with a pillow, court documents said
She copied the tape and contacted police.
She told officers the older boy had previously told her he had heard voices in his sleep, authorities said.
Donald Winniewicz was arraigned Wednesday on charges of criminal solicitation to commit homicide, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors, officials said.
He posted $50,000 bond Thursday and was released on the condition that he have no contact with his son or stepson, who remain in their mother's custody.
At the family's home in Chartiers Township, about 15 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Nancy Winniewicz declined to comment. She said she did not know how her husband could be reached or whether he had an attorney.
Donald Winniewicz's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Police said Donald Winniewicz, 36, gave an explanation, but they declined to release it or details of the tape's contents.
Winniewicz admitted making the tape recording and playing it once as the boy tried to sleep on or around Halloween, court documents said.
His wife, Nancy, found the tape in a file drawer in the family's home earlier this month and played it, hearing her husband's voice telling the older boy to strangle the couple's preschooler son or smother him with a pillow, court documents said
She copied the tape and contacted police.
She told officers the older boy had previously told her he had heard voices in his sleep, authorities said.
Donald Winniewicz was arraigned Wednesday on charges of criminal solicitation to commit homicide, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors, officials said.
He posted $50,000 bond Thursday and was released on the condition that he have no contact with his son or stepson, who remain in their mother's custody.
At the family's home in Chartiers Township, about 15 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Nancy Winniewicz declined to comment. She said she did not know how her husband could be reached or whether he had an attorney.
Donald Winniewicz's preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
