Straight-A student who murdered his parents and attacked his 11-year-old sister avoids prison under juvenile laws

A California teen who admitted to murdering his parents and trying to termination his sister volition walk six years successful custody.

The 16-year-old boy, who was not named owed to his age, appeared successful juvenile court connected Wednesday to larn his destiny aft helium was convicted of sidesplitting some of his parents, Lue Yang and Se Vang, some 37 years old, and tried to termination his then-11-year-old sister. The teen's then-7-year-old member was recovered unharmed successful the family's location successful Miramonte, a assemblage successful the state's Central Valley.

According to reporting by section ABC affiliate KFSN, the then-14-year-old called 911 claiming that an intruder broke into the location connected Dec. 27, 2023. Police said astir a week later, the teen admitted that helium made the communicative up and committed the transgression himself.

During a property league shortly aft the treble murder, Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni said the teen "fabricated" the communicative helium told during the 911 telephone and utilized "multiple weapons to onslaught his mom, his dad, and his sister." A motive for the bloody transgression was ne'er made public.

The Fresno County District Attorney tried the teen arsenic a juvenile, which meant that galore of the lawsuit details person remained sealed. Under California law, anyone nether the property of 16 cannot beryllium tried arsenic an adult.

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The maximum condemnation the teen could person was 7 years successful juvenile custody. The justice sentenced the teen to six years, meaning helium volition locomotion escaped erstwhile helium is 22 years old.

KFSN was successful the courtroom for the sentencing, during which 1 of the teenager's teachers told the tribunal that the convicted slayer was a "straight-A student," and said, "I truly similar the kid."

Family members of the slain mates acceptable up a GoFundMe aft the transgression that is inactive raising wealth to enactment the 2 orphaned, surviving siblings.