On the 30th November, 2016, New Stanton, Pennsylvania, received a very distraught call from 14-year-old Jacob Remaley, at approximately 7AM. He wailed down the phone that his father, David, had shot and killed his mother, Dana, and his 8-year-old brother, Caleb, adding that David then threw the gun on his bed. When police arrived at the scene, Jacob was pacing around the yard saying “mom” over and over again.
Both Dana and Caleb were dead in their beds, with a .380-caliber handgun bullet through the front of their skulls. As it transpired, David had been at work since 5:40AM that morning and hadn’t been the one to pull the trigger. Jacob soon confessed that it was him who killed his mother and younger brother, adding that he would have killed his father too had he been at home.
What would cause a teenage boy, who was said to be polite, kind, and a straight-A student to commit such a violent act? A motivation has not yet been revealed, however, it was reported that he hadn’t been getting along with his parents but his father said it was nothing more than average teenage disputes. Jacob is being tried as an adult and is currently awaiting trial.




















