3 siblings tied up and starved 18-year-old brother to death, then let his body ‘swell and smell’ for days before reporting it, police say

Background: The home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Ezekiel Baseme was found dead in November 2024 (KCRG). Insets (clockwise from top): Azane Baseme, Pierre Baseme, and Christian Baseme (Lin County Jail).

Background: The home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Ezekiel Baseme was found dead in November 2024 (KCRG). Insets (clockwise from top): Azane Baseme, Pierre Baseme, and Christian Baseme (Lin County Jail).

Three brothers in Iowa were arrested after police accused them of allegedly tying their 18-year-old brother to a bed and denying him food and water.

According to a search warrant obtained by KCRG, a local ABC affiliate, Ezekiel Baseme, 18, was found dead by police on Nov. 9, 2024, in the home he shared with his three brothers, Azane Baseme, 23, Pierre Baseme, 26, and Christian Baseme, 30. Police said that Ezikiel Baseme’s decomposing body had been left for days before the three brothers reported the death.

An investigation into Ezekiel Baseme’s death uncovered his troubled final days, during which he had allegedly been tied to a bed after having a “violent” schizophrenic episode.

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