A Washington man has been accused of killing his two half-brothers before being arrested on his way to murder a third brother.
Seth South, 23, was arrested Wednesday night, hours after officers found his teenage brothers, Sebastian and Scotty Bass, with their throats slit and in pools of blood inside their family’s home in Poulsbo. reports the Kitsap Daily News.
Prosecutors have said South called 911 to report that one of his family members cut his throat, before the call went silent.
The operator said he heard fighting in the background, but then the connection continued silently until authorities arrived on the scene, according to court documents.
They then found Scotty Bass lying face down in a pool of blood with a kitchen knife nearby, and Sebastian sitting at the top of the stairs, also surrounded by blood with a gun on a nearby table and a magazine and a bullet next to him. according to documents obtained by the Kitsap Sun.
Seth South, 23, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly killing his two half-brothers.
Officers found both victims inside their Poulsbo home with their throats cut and in a pool of blood.
Detectives later learned that South lived at the home with the two teens, but he was nowhere to be found.
Officers then proceeded to interview family members, and South’s grandfather said he told him, “You’re either with me or against me” and that he killed “the children.”
Her mother also claimed that South told her that he didn’t “hurt the kids,” but her husband, Christopher Bass, alleged that South told her that he had killed two people.
The documents also say South told a friend he was headed to Missouri to kill another brother. KIRO reports.
Authorities later issued an arrest warrant for South and a statewide alert was issued for his Toyota Tacoma.
Pierce County sheriff’s deputies later found South traveling in the vehicle on State Route 310 near Bonney Lake, and deputies threw stop sticks to deflate South’s tires.
They then got South to stop and took him into custody.
Authorities noticed blood on South’s gear shift and the driver’s seat, and bloody clothing was found in his vehicle.
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.
After being questioned by Kitsap County detectives, authorities say South assaulted a detective when they tried to re-handcuff him, leaving him with a cut on his head.
South now faces two counts of second-degree murder, as well as one count of assault for hitting the detective.
He appeared in court Thursday, when a judge requested that South undergo a competency evaluation at Western State Hospital. KING 5 reports.
Meanwhile, South remains jailed and faces two life sentences plus five years, along with $110,000 in fines.
He is scheduled to appear in court again later this month.
