A 15-year-old boy in Washington state has been charged with five counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for killing his parents and three siblings in their home. The boy called the police claiming that one of the victims had killed his family and then himself, but investigators determined that the boy had staged the scene to blame one of the victims. One 11-year-old sibling survived the attack by playing dead and managed to escape the home through a window. The boy’s attorneys have stated that the law presumes their client is innocent of the charges. The family was well-known in the community, with the parents homeschooling their children who were active in the area. The father worked as an electrical engineer, and his employer expressed sadness over the tragic events. The surviving sibling has been discharged from the hospital, while the 15-year-old boy remains in a juvenile detention facility. The community has been left devastated by the loss and is struggling to make sense of the tragedy. The evidence suggests that the teen systematically murdered his family members and attempted to make it look like one of the victims was responsible for the killings before calling the police.
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