(CNN) — A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested in connection with the slayings of his two younger adopted brothers, ages 4 and 10, who were apparently stabbed to death in their home, authorities said Thursday.
The oldest brother — the eldest of six children — was a natural child of the family and was baby-sitting his two younger siblings while the mother was out of the home with the other children, Sheriff Todd Richardson told reporters Thursday. The father, who’s in the military, was in Alabama.
The mother called 911 Wednesday evening after finding her 4-year-old son dead in the home in West Point, Utah. Police then found the 10-year-old son dead in the lower part of the house, but they weren’t sure whether the oldest child was a victim or a suspect, Richardson said.
Hours later, near midnight, police found the oldest brother miles away walking with blood stains on the street. The boy spoke “pretty bluntly” with investigators, who are trying to determine a motive, the sheriff said. He wasn’t carrying any weapons, though police have found two weapons believed to have been used in the slayings, Richardson said.
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