15-year-old boy charged in mass slaughter of parents, 3 siblings could get less time in lock up if his case stays in juvenile court

The 15-year-old boy accused of murdering his parents and 3 siblings successful nan family’s Washington authorities mansion could walk little clip down bars if his lawsuit doesn’t elevate to big court, prosecutors said.

The unidentified teen fishy tin only beryllium held until he’s 25-years-old — little than 10 years from now — if he’s convicted successful juvenile court, according to nan King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors connected Friday based on nan gruesome lawsuit should beforehand to big tribunal wherever nan teen faces life successful situation for allegedly shooting his parents — Mark, 43, and Sarah Humiston, 42 — his 2 brothers and sister, ages 7, 9 and 13, to death, and injuring his 11-year-old sister, successful a bloody massacre connected Monday.

Defense lawyer Amy Parker described nan alleged teen slayer arsenic a caring boy, who has nary criminal history, and enjoys upland biking and fishing.

“We want nan tribunal to cognize that aggregate group successful nan organization person reached retired to america who cognize our client, and they person attested to his bully character,” she said successful tribunal connected Friday.

“He has been described by them arsenic benignant and caring. This is simply a boy who has galore friends, has pro-social interests, and has been a affirmative contributor to his community.”

Deputies responded to nan Lake Alice Road home astir 5 a.m. connected Monday and recovered nan victims’ lifeless bodies covered successful humor and riddled pinch bullets to nan face, caput and assemblage wrong nan family’s $2 cardinal location successful Fall City, according to charging documents obtained by nan Post.

The teen is accused of hatching a disturbing plot to shape nan massacre arsenic a murder-suicide carried retired by his 13-year-old relative and beryllium nan family’s sole survivor, according to nan charging docs.

The study claims nan 15-year-old tried to opportunity his brother, who was murdered, committed nan murderous rampage aft he was caught watching porn nan erstwhile evening.

Detectives besides allege that nan accused teen slayer attempted to shape nan crime segment to look arsenic if his relative carried retired nan heinous enactment and “placed” a pistol successful his manus aft he was killed.

The 11-year-old sister of nan suspect, nan only family personnel to past nan sidesplitting spree, said her relative utilized her father’s metallic handgun to fatally sprout her parents, her brothers, Benjamin and Joshua, and her small sister Katheryn, according to charging documents.

According to nan documents, nan teen’s murderous rage came aft he grounded immoderate tests astatine schoolhouse and sewage into “a batch of trouble.”

The young woman was sleeping successful her room erstwhile she awoke to nan deafening sound of gunshots.

She tearfully told investigators that her older relative barged into her chamber and allegedly opened occurrence connected her, striking her successful nan manus and neck, and allegedly killed their younger sister, pinch whom she shared a room.

The woman past “pretended to play dead” arsenic her relative re-entered nan room and stood adjacent to her furniture earlier he existed again, according to nan charging docs.

She fled nan location done her chamber model erstwhile she felt her relative wouldn’t drawback her and ran to a neighbor’s house, wherever she phoned nan police.

Deputies responded to nan family home, astir 30 miles extracurricular Seattle, aft receiving 911 calls from nan alleged slayer and his surviving sister, according to nan docs.

The injured girl, who was taken to Harborview Medical Center pursuing nan massacre, identified her 15-year-old relative arsenic nan shooter.

Deputies instantly took nan juvenile into custody aft discovering nan bodies and his sister IDing him arsenic nan suspect, prosecutors said.

The teen was charged pinch 5 counts of first-degree aggravated execution and 1 count of first-degree execution and is detained astatine nan Clark Child and Family Justice Center successful Seattle.

A judge is expected to make a determination connected what tribunal nan teen will beryllium tried during a proceeding connected Jan. 8, 2025, prosecutors said.