US teen accused of killing mother, brother at home; used ChatGPT for ideas on murder
Prosecutors have claimed that the teen fatally assaulted his family members inside their home and later left in his mother’s car.
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BOSTON – A 17-year-old American boy has been charged with killing his mother and younger brother in Acton, a town in the US state of Massachusetts about 40km north-west of Boston.
Investigators have revealed that the youth used the internet and ChatGPT to search for ideas or fantasies on killing his family, IANS reported.
The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office stated that Arjun Aravind faces two counts of murder in the deaths of his mother Sudha Venkatesan, 45, and his brother Siddharth Aravind, 14.
Arjun has also been charged with two counts each of assault and battery on a household or family member, and assault and battery.
Other charges against him include theft of a motor vehicle and use of a vehicle without authority.
Police officials reached the family’s …