Wash. man accused of fatally stabbing his two younger brothers

KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. (TCN) -- A 23-year-old man was taken into custody following a brief pursuit after he allegedly stabbed his two younger brothers to death and fled the scene.

According to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 9 at approximately 3 p.m., deputies were called to a home in Poulsbo. When they arrived, they found two victims deceased "by homicidal means." The Kitsap County Medical Examiner identified the victims as 17-year-old Scotty Bass and 16-year-old Sebastian Bass. During their investigation, detectives gathered information that led them to issue a warrant for Seth South’s arrest. The sheriff’s office said South likely fled to either Pierce County or Thurston County in a black Toyota Tacoma, and he should be considered armed and dangerous.

That night, Pierce County deputies spotted South’s car and initiated a traffic stop while another deputy threw stop sticks on the ground. Deputies brought him back to a substation to be interviewed by Kitsap County detectives, but as they rearrested him at the end of the interview, South reportedly assaulted them. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said South "injured one of the detectives and caused damage to our interview room in his attempt to escape custody."

Pierce County officials charged him with third-degree assault and second-degree escape.

South returned to Kitsap County and was booked on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of third-degree assault.

KCPQ-TV, which cites court documents, reports one of the brothers called 911 to report South, his half-brother, slit his throat. He then stopped talking. Deputies reportedly found one of the victims in the kitchen with a bloody knife near his body and the other in a bedroom in an "unusual position."

South allegedly gave conflicting accounts of the incident. He reportedly told a relative that he "killed the boys" and a different person that he killed two people. He reportedly claimed innocence to a third. When he was being interviewed, he reportedly said he stabbed one of the brothers, but the brother he attacked killed the other victim.

Court records show South is being held without bail and will undergo a competency evaluation.

According to a GoFundMe set up by the family, Scotty Bass "loved the environment and wanted to be a park ranger." Sebastian, who went by the nickname "Bass," was "lively and had a heart full of love."