A Volusia County judge says a confession from a man accused of killing his wife and her children can be used against him at his trial.

Prosecutors say Luis Toledo confessed to killing his wife in 2013, but his attorney says detectives never read him his Miranda rights.

In a ruling released late Wednesday, the judge says Toledo was read his rights no fewer than seven times once he was taken into custody.

Only a small portion of the several statements Toledo gave were ruled as inadmissible because it happened before he was Mirandized.

The judge also ruled statements made before he was arrested were admissible because he was not in custody at the time and made them freely.

The judge also ruled Toledo’s arrest in Lake Mary on domestic violence was valid and legal.

Toledo's wife, Yessenia Suarez, and her two young children have never been found.

Toledo is charged with second-degree murder for his wife's death and two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children.