High school student, 18, 'murdered his father and brother, 14, to get survivor benefits'

An 18-year-old high school senior accused of murdering his father and younger brother carried out the killings to get survivor benefits, court records suggest. A tearful Thorsten Rushing had initially claimed that he saw two masked intruders shoot dead his father, Uwe Rushing, and 14-year-old brother Stefan at their home in Lawton, Oklahoma in January before scaring them away by grabbing a shotgun and firing. But his story quickly unraveled when investigators realized the trajectory of the bullets did not match his story and three of his four alleged accomplices - his school friends - confessed to the plot. A week after the January 20 killings, Thorsten Rushing was arrested on murder and conspiracy charges, but authorities have never released a motive. Now a subpoena filed in the case has suggested that Rushing, who had recently turned 18, could have been trying to get his hands on a life insurance payout, The Oklahoman reported.

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