HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) A 17-year-old Harrington-area boy is charged with murdering his father with a crossbow.
Seth H. Ramsey, 17, is being held at Stevenson House detention center in Milford.
State police said his father, Todd E. Ramsey, 41, was found dead at a home at 4822 Park Brown Road west of Harrington about 9:45 a.m. Thursday. Harrington police and state troopers went there to check on the welfare of Ramsey after two co-workers expressed concern he hadn’t shown up for work the past couple of days.
Police said Seth Ramsey told the officers he may have killed his father. Seth Ramsey was placed in custody and the officers found his father deceased in a bedroom from an undetermined wound to the upper torso.
WPVI-TV reported that according to a police affidavit, the teen told officers he had skipped classes Tuesday at Lake Forest High School and stayed home.
“He said that his father was in his bedroom from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Seth said that he knew when his father came out he would be mad so he shot him,” the affidavit said.