A teenager was arrested after his
two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, were found stabbed to death at the
family’s home in West Point, Utah, police said. Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said the
15-year-old suspect appeared to work alone and is being held at the Farmington
Bay Youth Detention Center.
“The manner of death appears to be consistent
with penetrating knife wounds, however, the official cause of death will be
determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office,” Richardson said in a media
release.
The boys’ mother called the Davis County
Sheriff’s Office at 7:36 p.m. after she returned home and found her 4-year-old
son was dead. She reported that her 10- and 15-year-olds were missing. Continues after cut:
Officers searched the house and found the
10-year-old’s body. The eldest brother wasn’t located until shortly before
midnight. He appeared to be in good condition, but was taken to the hospital
for evaluation, police said.
The case is being investigated as a homicide.
The county attorney’s office is working with authorities on whether to charge
him as an adult or a juvenile.
The suspect’s name, which was originally
reported by local papers, is being withheld because he is a minor. He had been
placed in charge of the younger boys while their mother took some of her other
children to a dance recital, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Lindsey Caballero, a neighbor and family
friend, told the Associated Press that the 15-year-old was the couple’s oldest
and biological son. The couple had had six children, four of whom were adopted,
including the victims.
The father was away on active military duty and
has reportedly been notified.
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