A 17-year-old Indian-origin teenager has been charged with allegedly murdering his mom and youthful brother at their dwelling in Acton, Massachusetts, authorities mentioned.The teenager has been charged with two counts of homicide, two counts every of assault and battery on a family or member of the family and assault and battery, together with fees of utilizing a automobile with out authority and stealing a motorcar.The 17-year outdated is accused of fatally assaulting his mom, Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and his 14-year-old brother, Siddharth Aravind, inside their Martha Lane dwelling on Tuesday earlier than fleeing in his mom’s automobile.Middlesex district lawyer Marian Ryan and acton police chief Douglas Sturniolo mentioned police obtained a name from teen’s father shortly after 6.37 pm on August 11 after he was unable to contact his household. A tutor anticipated on the home had additionally been unable to succeed in anybody.The daddy had final spoken to Sudha early Tuesday morning earlier than leaving for work, whereas Siddharth was final seen round midday, authorities mentioned.Police who arrived on the home discovered each victims lifeless. Siddharth was discovered on the primary ground and Sudha within the completed basement. Each victims had been discovered with “apparent trauma”, however the chief health worker has but to launch data on the precise trigger and method of dying. The kind of weapon used within the killings can be nonetheless below investigation.The accused was not on the home when police arrived and was believed to have fled in his mom’s automobile. Investigators issued an alert for him as they looked for {the teenager}.He was discovered early Wednesday within the automobile in a car parking zone in Wayland, Massachusetts, after native police responded to an unrelated alarm. He was taken into custody with out incident.The Middlesex county district lawyer’s workplace mentioned investigators discovered that Arjun had not too long ago displayed regarding behaviour.“The next investigation signifies that Arjun had not too long ago been demonstrating regarding behaviour, together with utilizing the web and ChatGPT to make searches for theoretical concepts or fantasies relating to killing his household,” the assertion mentioned.Arjun was anticipated to be arraigned in Lowell juvenile court docket on Wednesday. Nevertheless, the juvenile court docket doesn’t have jurisdiction over homicide fees. He’ll due to this fact face arraignment on the homicide and associated assault fees in Harmony district court docket later.
