Sheriff’s deputies found a married couple dead and their teenage daughter injured at a home in Fresno, California (Picture: KFSN)
A 14-year-old boy allegedly murdered his parents and injured his teenage sister, and then made up a story than an intruder was responsible for their deaths.
The teen boy called 911 on Wednesday and said someone had broken into his family’s home in Fresno, California, attacked them and fled in a pickup truck, police said.
Deputies arrived at the home on the 4700 block of Dunlap Road in the Miramonte community shortly after 7.30pm and found the boy’s parents, Lue and Se Yang, deceased,’ said Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni.
They also discovered their 11-year-old daughter badly hurt. She was transported to a hospital and underwent surgery and is expected to survive.
The teenage boy was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and a count of attempted murder (Picture: KFSN)
Deputies at the scene said they found evidence showing that the teen boy’s story about the break-in was fabricated. Due to inconsistencies, the teen boy appeared to be the only individual who used several weapons to attack the victims, Zanoni said.
A seven-year-old boy was also found in the home and was unharmed. He has been put under the care of other family members.
The teen boy was arrested and has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
His identity will not be released because he is a minor.
A motive behind the crime was not immediately determined.
The deaths two days after Christmas happened about a month following a judge’s decision that a teenage girl accused of killing her boyfriend’s mother would be tried as an adult. Ohio foster child Kaitlyn Coones, 17, allegedly gave her boyfriend five hours to get rid of his mother and after he failed to do so, bludgeoned the mother to death with a rock.
And in September, an Alabama teenage boy was sentenced to life in prison for killing his parents and three siblings all who were less than six years old.
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The teen boy called 911 claiming someone had broken into his home and attacked his family in Fresno, California.