Elverta brothers appear in court as deputies probe for more clues in attack on mom, sibling
Brothers accused of attempted murder after allegedly attacking their mother and younger sibling in a violent confrontation at the family’s Elverta home Monday used a knife and baseball bat in the bloody assault, prosecutors alleged at their Thursday juvenile court hearing.
Both mother and the teens’ 10-year-old brother remain in critical condition at a hospital.
Sacramento Juvenile Court Judge Michael Kenny read the brief complaint: the older brother, 16, is accused of stabbing and bludgeoning his mother in the late morning attack at the family’s farmhouse on Emerson Street. The 13-year-old is alleged to have used a knife in the attack.
Joined out of view by their father on the livestreamed court call, the older teen’s attorney called for a December delay to give doctors time to evaluate the 16-year-old’s fitness to stand trial.
Kenny and Sacramento County prosecutors agreed, with the juvenile judge suspending the 16-year-old’s criminal proceedings. Prosecutors, however, are also pushing for the older teen’s case to be moved into adult criminal court.
The 13-year-old brother next faces an Oct. 29 juvenile court hearing in the violent attack. The pair remain held in Sacramento County juvenile hall custody.
The Bee is not identifying the teens by name because of their ages.
Meanwhile, Sacramento County Sheriff’s investigators continue to try to piece together what triggered the violence Monday.
Dispatch recordings aired by Sacramento television station CBS13 detailed the aftermath of the violent attack allegedly committed by the 16-year-old inside the family’s home: their mother beaten in the head and stabbed, losing blood as she described the assault to a dispatcher. The younger 10-year-old brother was also seriously hurt. His wounds and how he received them remain unknown.
The first call to deputies was about 10:45 a.m. Monday, sheriff’s officials said.
“The male gave the phone to a female who said the son stabbed her and beat her in the head,” the dispatcher is heard telling first responders in the recording obtained by CBS13.
The teen reportedly told dispatchers that he thought he had killed his mother and younger brother, calling in the attack to turn himself over to authorities.
Other details could emerge at the Thursday hearing. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday and have not provided updates on the Monday incident.
Family social media posts provide a scant glimpse that stands dramatically at odds with the scene inside the Elverta home on Monday. Photos show a smiling family of seven clad in pressed shirts and dresses for Easter services or posed in front of their father’s tractor-trailer cab; gathering for lake trips and birthday celebrations and busy with backyard chores.
The children do not attend Elverta public schools, an Elverta Joint Elementary School District official said Tuesday. The family’s posts suggest the children are homeschooled.
The family attends Grace Valley Christian Center, a west Davis ministry, the posts show.
Church officials on Wednesday did not return The Bee’s telephone and email queries but the center’s pastor, Rev. Gregory Broderick, issued a statement to CBS13 saying his congregation was “shocked and heartbroken to learn of this terrible tragedy” and was “praying ... for the full recovery of mother and son.”
This story was originally published September 30, 2021 at 9:48 AM.
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