Crimes

In a multi-million dollar estate east of Seattle, in the US state of Washington, a 15-year-old boy massacred his entire family. Only his 11-year-old sister survived the family tragedy by pretending to be dead.



The incident occurred last Monday. The 11-year-old girl woke up on Monday morning to gunshots. She saw her father (43) and her little brother (8) lying dead in the corridor. Her 7-year-old sister was also shot. When her brother entered the 11-year-old girl's room, she was shot, but she survived the tragedy, partly by pretending to be dead.



The 15-year-old boy called the emergency services, claiming that his 13-year-old brother had wiped out the entire family, allegedly because he had been caught watching porn the previous day and had therefore committed suicide. 

A neighbour called the emergency services after the boy's call: the girl had managed to escape and had run to the neighbour.



The police arrived at the scene and picked up the 15-year-old boy. Inside the house, police discovered the bodies of the mother, aged 42, and the brother, aged 13.

(Fausto by Tagtik/Source: CNN/Illustration picture: Unsplash)

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org.