Russian Adoptee Kills Adoptive Parents in St.Thomas UPDATED

“A 24-year-old man with a history of mental illness and criminal behavior appeared in court today for the first time since police say he stabbed his elderly parents to death while on vacation in the US Virgin Islands and then fled to Massachusetts.

Mikhail Young, of Sudbury, was charged in Framingham District Court Tuesday with being a fugitive from justice after he allegedly killed his parents, Jane and Kenneth Young, who were discovered dead in their rented condominium on the island of St Thomas Monday.

Young was ordered held without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 12, and he is expected to be extradited to the Virgin Islands to face first-degree murder charges after undergoing a mental health evaluation.

The murder suspect was arrested by Sudbury police as a warrant was issued by island authorities after he fled the tropical paradise.

The Young family, including Mikhail, had been staying at a Crystal Cove condominium on the island’s east end before the son hastily came down to the lodging’s front office and demanded a taxi Saturday.

Police were called after the bodies of 73-year-old Kenneth Young and his 66-year-old wife, Jane, were found around 3pm Monday, but were unable to talk to Mikhail, who did not check out of the condo, as he flew to Philadelphia and then to Boston.

A condominium resident found Kenneth Young’s body lying on the ground covered in blood. His wife was discovered in the bathtub and both bodies have multiple stab wounds, including to the chest, Virgin Islands Police Commissioner designee Delroy Richards Sr said in a phone press conference with Daily Mail Online.

The Youngs, who traveled to the island April 28, are believed to have all lived together in Sudbury, Massachusetts, a suburb west of Boston.

 

While police did not speculate on a motive, Virgin Islands Commissioner for the Department of Tourism said that the cause was a ‘family dispute’ and that ‘there is nothing in this particular case that could have been mitigated’.

Richards said earlier Tuesday that a bloodied knife was found at the scene and that the search for suspects had extended ‘off-island’.

Jane Young retired in January after 17 years of teaching at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, according to the Boston Globe.

Lincoln-Sudbury Superintendent Bella Wong confirmed the deaths of Jane and her husband in a message to the school.

Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix said that ‘a horrific crime where the suspect allegedly killed his own parents’.

Virgin Islands authorities are filing murder charges against Mikhail and are asking for him to be extradited back to St Thomas.

Young has a long rap sheet documenting his arrests and convictions, including an incident in which he allegedly attacked one of his parents.

Mikhail Young, who also reportedly has a history of mental illness, was arrested in his hometown of Sudbury in 2008 for possession of marijuana, reported MetroWest Daily News. Two years later, he landed behind bars on assault and battery charges stemming from a domestic dispute involving his parents.

Then in 2011, Young was arrested again, this time for assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct

Authorities said Tuesday that Jane and Kenneth Young had previously taken out restraining orders against their son, whom they had adopted as a young boy from Russia, according to MyFox Boston.”

Pictured: Ex-convict, 24, faces first-degree murder charges after he ‘stabbed to death his elderly adoptive parents at vacation home in US Virgin Islands and then fled resort’ [Daily Mail 5/5/15 by  CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN and SNEJANA FARBEROV]

 

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Update: “A Massachusetts man accused of fatally stabbing his adoptive parents during a family vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands is fighting extradition to the three-island Caribbean territory.A judge in Framingham District Court on Thursday ordered 24-year-old Mikhail Young of Sudbury to remain in custody on a charge of being a fugitive from justice.

The Boston Globe reported that Young’s lawyer, Stanley Norkunas, says his client plans to fight extradition. Norkunas also says authorities haven’t produced any evidence linking Young to the killing of his parents.

The bodies of 73-year-old Kenneth Young and 66-year-old Jane Young, 66, were found May 3 at a rental condominium on the island of St. Thomas. Territory authorities issued an arrest warrant for Mikhail Young, who was arrested in Sudbury on May 5.”

Sudbury man charged with killing parents in Virgin Islands fights extradition [Massachusetts Live 5/14/15  by Associated Press]