As police and classmates puzzled over a motive, 16-year-old David Brom was arraigned Friday on first-degree murder charges in the ax slayings of four family members. Police went to the Brom home ...

Between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m., David Brom has beenup since the fight. He goes into his parents' room and kills hisfather with a 28-inch ax. He proceeds to kill his mother, Paulette,his 13-year-old ...

A 16-year-old boy described by friends as a well-liked, straight-A student appeared in court Friday after being arrested in the ax murders of his parents, brother and sister. David Francis Brom ...

Feb. 20—Editor's note: This story was originally published March 2, 2021. ROCHESTER, Minn. — A long-ago eruption of teen violence in Rochester is as stomach-turning, divisive and puzzling ...

1988: David Brom, then 16, of suburban Rochester, used an ax to kill his parents, a brother and their sister. 1994: A gang firebombing killed five children of the Coppage family in St. Paul.

Sixteen years ago, in the trial of David Brom of Rochester who was charged with murdering his parents and two siblings with an ax, his attorney tried to show his client was not guilty because he ...