A young man accused of slitting the throats of his two teenage brothers was filmed trying to escape court despite being chained.
Seth South, 23, was also filmed smiling while being arraigned in Kitsap County Court accused of murdering brothers Sebastian and Scotty Bass, just 16 and 17 years old.
The teens were found in the home he shared with them on Scandia Road near Poulsbo, Washington, on Wednesday night with knife wounds to their throats.
South was dragged from his late-model Toyota Tacoma on State Route 410 near Bonney Lake around 10:30 p.m., allegedly on his way to kill a third brother.
Seth South, 23, accused of slitting the throats of two of his half-brothers to death, smiled as he was arraigned in Kitsap County Court on charges of murder.
South (above left) appears with his family in a 2018 photo with grandfather David Easterson to his left.
Despite being shackled, he appeared to make a sudden move to escape the court, but was instantly detained by officials.
South also made a cryptic outburst as the court discussed subjecting him to a competency evaluation.
“I can give the answer right now… no one would disagree with me, like even people who normally…” he told the judge, before his lawyer interrupted him.
It is unclear whether he was trying to admit his alleged crimes and police have not shared any motive for the horror.
Prosecutors alleged that South called 911 around 3 p.m. to report that one of his family members cut their throats, before the call went silent.
South appeared to attempt a feeble escape as he was brought before the court.
He was instantly restrained by Kitsap County Court officials.
The operator said he heard fighting in the background, but then the connection continued silently until police arrived on the scene, court documents allege.
Police found Scotty Bass lying face down in a pool of blood with a kitchen knife nearby and wounds to his neck.
Sebastian was sitting at the top of the stairs, also surrounded by blood with wounds on his neck, with a gun on a nearby table and a magazine and a bullet next to him.
Detectives later learned that South lived at the home with the two teens, but he was nowhere to be found.
South’s grandfather, David Easterson, told police he called the young man at the request of his mother, Sarra Bass, and was told “you’re either with me or against me” and that he had killed “the kids.”
The documents also allege that South (pictured in May) told a friend he was headed to Missouri to kill another brother.
Officers found both victims inside their Poulsbo home with their throats cut and in a pool of blood.
His mother claimed South told her he didn’t “hurt the kids,” but her husband, Christopher Bass, claimed South told him he had killed two people.
The documents also allege that South told a friend he was headed to Missouri to kill another brother.
Police issued an arrest warrant for South and a state alert to find his Toyota Tacoma.
Pierce County sheriff’s deputies spotted the vehicle on State Route 310 near Bonney Lake and deployed stop sticks to deflate its tires.
They were able to get South to stop and took him into custody.
Police alleged there was blood on South’s gear shift knob and driver’s seat, and bloody clothing was found in his vehicle.
Seth South, 23, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly killing his two half-brothers.
Pierce County deputies found South traveling in his Toyota Tacoma on State Route 310 when he was allegedly on his way to kill a third brother and detained him.
While being questioned by Kitsap County detectives, South allegedly admitted to “stabbing and cutting” one of the teens, but claimed that boy killed the other.
South then allegedly attacked a detective when they tried to re-handcuff him, causing a cut to his head.
South was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, as well as one count of assault for hitting the detective.
The judge ordered South to undergo a competency evaluation at Western State Hospital and took him into custody.
South faces two life sentences for murder plus five years for the assault charge, along with $110,000 in fines, if convicted.
He is scheduled to appear in court again later this month.
