FRENSO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) — A stunning confession came in a Fresno County courtroom on Wednesday as a teenage boy admitted to murdering his parents and then trying to kill his sister in 2023.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old boy smirked as he entered the courtroom in an orange shirt and sat next to his public defender. None of his family members was present.<\/p>\n
The judge asked the boy if he understood that his admission would waive his right to a trial.<\/p>\n
“Yes, ma’am,” the boy, whom the judge ordered not to be named, said.<\/p>\n
“He’s admitting to the facts that he killed two other people and attempted to kill another person,” Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said.<\/p>\n
The boy’s admission comes nearly two years after the attack at a home on Dunlap Road in the small mountain community of Miramonte.<\/p>\n
Police dispatch 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,” the dispatcher said. “Can hear children crying. (Reporting party) frantic. Not answering questions.”<\/p>\n
Investigators discovered it was a “fabricated story,” and quickly turned to the caller.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say the boy killed Lue Yang and Se Vang, both 37, and caused “major injuries” to his 11-year-old younger sister.<\/p>\n
“It’s very seldom you see a crime this egregious committed by a 14-year-old using a firearm,” Capozzi said.<\/p>\n
In adult court, a double-murder charge could have brought a life prison sentence. But in this case, state law prevented prosecutors from seeking a transfer.<\/p>\n
The juvenile system focuses on rehabilitation, and detention there can last up to seven years maximum.<\/p>\n
“Because someone so young, someone that’s a juvenile, the hope is that they would change as they get older,” Capozzi said.<\/p>\n
With the boy’s admission, there is no need for evidence to come out in court. The public will never know the details or the motivation that could have led a 14-year-old to kill his parents and stab his sister.<\/p>\n
“The legislature has thought, by keeping it sealed, (that it) would help that person as he develops throughout the years,” Capozzi said.<\/p>\n
The sentencing for the teenage boy is currently set for Christmas Eve, three days before the second anniversary of the deadly attack.<\/p>\n
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