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The Alabama teen who allegedly stabbed his mother to death and severely injured his father in a violent knife-wielding attack at their home has been identified as the military couple\u2019s eldest son, Brandon Baker.<\/p>\n

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Brandon, 17, was arrested on murder and attempted murder charges Sunday following the shocking bloodbath in which he butchered his mother, Samantha Baker, 37, and left his father, Lance Baker, 46, bloodied and begging for his life. <\/p>\n

Cops hadn\u2019t released the teen\u2019s name due to his age, but a next-door neighbor in the Bladwin County neighborhood where the horror occurred confirmed to The Post on Tuesday that the suspected killer arrested was Brandon, the couple\u2019s oldest of their two sons. <\/p>\n

A social media account run by Samantha also confirms that her son Brandon is 17 \u2014 the age of the suspect provided by cops \u2014 and a rising senior in high school.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The Facebook page painted the image of a beaming family of four with her as a doting mother to her two boys, who gushed over her alleged killer son\u2019s junior prom photos and fretted over him growing up too quickly \u2014 calling him \u201cmy baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samantha, who worked as a realtor, frequently posted photos of her family regularly attending high school football games and church services to the joint Facebook account with Lance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to the Baker house. We laugh then holler then act like nothing happened until it\u2019s time to holler and laugh again. It\u2019s a s*** show over here. Enter at your own risk,\u201d she lovingly joked in one post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Brandon\u2019s birthday last September, she affectionately wrote, \u201cHappy birthday to my first born! 17 years has flown by! You are an amazing person and yet at the same time you make my blood boil\u2026I love you, B!\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Exclusive | Samantha Baker\u2019s neighbor reveals chilling details of \u2018loud\u2019 fight before teen son allegedly stabbed Ala. mom to death<\/a><\/p>\n

In another post, the mother-of-two wrote that she prays that the couple \u201craise our boys to be men of God, respectful husband, patient fathers and good friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samantha and Lance Baker were found with multiple stab wounds outside their private Belforest community home around 9 p.m. Sunday, WALA reported.<\/p>\n

The matriarch of the family was pronounced dead at the scene while her husband \u2014 who ran door-to-door for help, leaving behind a trail of blood \u2014 remains in critical condition in the hospital.\u00a0He was heard screaming that he \u201cdidn\u2019t want to die,\u201d according to traumatized neighbors. <\/p>\n

The married couple, who had met while serving in the US Army Reserve, had attempted to flee Brandon\u2019s knife-wielding attack that erupted after an argument over their discipline of the teen, the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The 17-year-old had allegedly stabbed his parents inside and outside their family home before barricading himself and calling 911, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s younger teenage son was not at the home at the time of the attack, police said.<\/p>\n

Brandon is being held on a $1 million bond following his arraignment on Monday. He is expected to be tried as an adult.<\/p>\n

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