"He committed an atrocious act when he was a boy"

The Daily Crime

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4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In 1995, Brian Bassett was convicted of killing his parents and brother and sentenced to life behind bars. Bassett was 16 at the time. But in light of a new court ruling, Bassett could be released in less than a year. KING5 Reporter Sebastian Robertson tells us about the latest developments in the decades-old case. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Daily Crime contains disturbing details of a murderer.
0:04.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:06.8	Coming up.
0:07.8	I think he is as well prepared for release as any individual that I've encountered in this work.
0:13.1	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:14.7	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:27.6	In 1995, Brian Bassett was convicted of killing his parents and brother and sentenced to life behind bars.
0:30.2	Bassett was 16 years old at the time.
0:35.1	But in light of a new court ruling, Brian Bassett could be released in less than a year.
0:38.6	He committed an atrocious act when he was a boy.
0:43.8	Since that time, he's changed his life completely.
0:50.0	I'm joined now by King Five reporter Sebastian Robertson in Seattle, Washington.
0:52.1	Sebastian, thanks for being here with us again on the show.
0:52.9	Thanks, Will.
1:01.3	Let's start with what happened back in 1995 when Brian Bassett was convicted of killing his parents and brother as a teenager.
1:03.3	Tell us about this case.
1:04.9	Well, this happened in Gray's Harbor County, which is the city where it happened is McLeary.
1:10.3	It's about an hour from the Pacific
1:12.7	Ocean, really small town life in Washington State. And this was just a brutal murder that just
1:19.6	by all definitions shook the community. So there is a teenager in 1995, and by all accounts,
1:27.1	he was just out of control. Nobody could rein him in.
1:31.4	By his own account, Brian Bassett, the teenager, who was 16, started partying, drinking heavily,
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