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Eldon Samuel III, 14, arrested and charged with murdering his father, 46, and brother, 13.

Samuel initially was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his father and brother. However, Watson said he was changing the charge to second-degree murder in the death of the father, whom Samuel accused of beating him when he was on medication and threatening to kill him, the judge said. The father died of a gunshot wound to the stomach from a .45-caliber pistol. He was shot in the face and head after he was dead, according to autopsy results. Jonathan Samuel, who was hiding under a bed, died of multiple gunshots, but also was stabbed with a knife and hacked with a machete, the autopsy said.

At the request of the public defender’s office, which is representing Samuel, his preliminary hearing this week was closed to the public. But Watson recapped testimony from witnesses in court on Friday, when he explained his decision for differentiating between the murder charges. There’s a stronger case for premeditation in Jonathan Samuel’s death, he said.

Samuel described “hating Jonathan for about five years” when he was questioned by police after his arrest, Watson said. Samuel told officers that he loved his father but that his father acted crazy when he was on drugs, Watson said.

“He just beat me. I loved him, but the next time he came after me …,” Samuel told police officers in a report quoted by Watson. “That’s self-defense, right?”

Samuel is being charged as an adult.

[dreamindemon]

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Teen Used Handgun, Shotgun, Knife And Machete To Kill Family

COEUR d’ALENE, ID – Police have arrested 14-year-old Eldon Samuel III and charged him with the brutal murder of his father and younger brother.

Police say Samuel called 911 Monday night to report a shooting had occurred at his family’s home. When police arrived, they found Samuel at the residence, along with the dead bodies of his father, Eldon Samuel Jr., 46, and his younger brother, Jonathan Samuel, 13.

Authorities say a handgun, shotgun, knife and machete were used in the murders, and that Samuel shot his father in the head and then shot, stabbed and cut his younger brother.

Samuel was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said the teen will be charged as an adult. Samuel is currently being held in the Kootenai County Public Safety Building on a $1 million bond.

Because I have written so many articles regarding teens killing family members, I have warned my kids that if even perceive them as any form of a threat, I will beat them to death in their sleep without a moment’s hesitation. I punctuate this periodically by ensuring when they wake up, they find me sitting in their room staring at them.