Spurned lover forces ex-girlfriend to watch him hack mother and new boyfriend to death with axe before he commits suicide

A jilted teenager wreaked revenge on his former girlfriend by forcing her to watch him hack her mother and new boyfriend to death with an axe before he killed himself.

Brian Douglas White, 19, started his deadly rampage at the Detroit home of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend at 7.30am yesterday morning.

He allegedly murdered her mother Angela Kim Staperfene, 46, and new lover Jacob Lee Burns, 19, before turning the gun on himself, police said.

Desiree Staperfene, 17, managed to escape after a struggle with White and called police around 12.20pm, police said.           Full Read