A teenager has confessed to killing his mother and
eight-year-old brother at point blank range before trying to frame his father. Jacob
Remaley is accused of putting a bullet into their foreheads while they slept. He
dialled 911 saying that Dana and Caleb Remaley had been murdered and that he
had woken up with the gun in his bed because it had been put there by his
father.
He told them ‘Why didn’t he kill me? I need help’
before hanging up. However, he later confessed that he had taken the gun which
had been left on top of a fridge and killed them both when his dad, David, went
to work. He is believed to have killed them because they were not getting on
well, but he was on good terms with his brother. Remaley also allegedly told
police he would have shot his father, too, had he been home. Limani says the
only indication of a motive is that the teen and his parents weren’t getting
along lately.
Jacob Remaley is awaiting arraignment on two counts
each of criminal homicide and first-degree murder. Police in Pennsylvania where
the shootings happened have charged him as an adult with two counts of criminal
homicide and third-degree murder.
First responders found Remaley in the front garden
of his house with blood on his knee, wearing a t-shirt and boxer briefs
repeatedly saying ‘mom’. He then started walking down the street with the gun
before a neighbour approached him, saying that she loved him and that he should
put the gun down.
State trooper Stephen Limani said: ‘That neighbour
did a very good job in de-escalating the situation. The last thing we want to
do is approach a 14-year-old with a firearm.’
Mrs Remaley was a personal care assistant at West
Hempfield Middle School while Caleb was at Stanwood Elementary School.
Jacob has been described as being polite, kind and a
straight-A student who was involved in the church and took part in sports.
Anita Stoner said, ‘He’s such a good kid. If you could pick a friend for your
kid it would be Jacob.’
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