FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — After a gruesome scene in the mountains two years ago, the Miramonte teen who admitted to killing his parents and injuring his sister learned he will spend six years in custody.<\/p>\n
The boy, now 16, wore a purple shirt and sat next to his public defender in court. He did not look back, and he never said a word throughout the hearing.<\/p>\n
“What’s surprising is how egregious this is,” Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said. “Killing his mother and father and then trying to kill his sister.”<\/p>\n
The boy, whom we cannot name, used a gun and a knife to kill his parents, Lue Yang and Se Vang. He then turned to his younger sister, stabbing the 11-year-old and causing “major injuries.”<\/p>\n
Radio traffic reveals the chaos as the teen claimed someone else was to blame.<\/p>\n
“[Reporting party] screaming on the line, saying someone broke into his house with a gun. Can hear children crying. [Reporting party] frantic. Not answering questions,” dispatchers said.<\/p>\n
Detectives discovered it was a “fabricated story,” and quickly turned their attention to the caller.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, prosecutors highlighted in court how the boy thwarted investigators and stood by his story during interviews.<\/p>\n
“In the past, the prosecutors couldn’t even reveal that information, but with the new laws now, they can explain what happened in this case, and set out the facts,” Capozzi said.<\/p>\n
A motive was never revealed.<\/p>\n
State law prevented prosecutors from moving it to adult court, where a double-murder conviction could bring a life prison sentence.<\/p>\n
In this case, confinement was limited to seven years. The judge gave the boy six.<\/p>\n
“In this particular case, he becomes a ward of the court for the next period of time in the system, which is solely for rehabilitation,” Capozzi said. “That’s it.”<\/p>\n
By 22, the young killer will walk free.<\/p>\n
With his full name never released and many details of the crime never revealed, the public will not know what he looks like or what he did.<\/p>\n
“It’s not a criminal case. There won’t be a record of it,” Capozzi said. “How does that protect the public? That’s going to be a concern once he’s released.”<\/p>\n
During the hearing, one of the boy’s teachers spoke in support of him.<\/p>\n
He said the boy is a straight-‘A’ student, who is bright and respectful, and told the judge, “I really like the kid.”<\/p>\n
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