MIDDLETOWN TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Pennsylvania man has been charged after his father was found beheaded inside their family home Tuesday night in Middletown Township, Bucks County.
The victim’s son, identified as 32-year-old Justin Mohn, has been charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, among other charges, according to police.
Justin Mohn has been charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse, among other charges, according to police.
Mohn is accused of not only beheading his father, identified as Michael F. Mohn, but also posting a disturbing video to YouTube.
Officers responded to the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive around 7 p.m. after reports of a decapitated body after the victim’s wife came home to discover him beheaded and covered in blood.
When officers arrived, they found the victim’s body in the first-floor bathroom and his head inside a plastic bag in a kitchen pot placed in a first-floor bedroom, according to a police affidavit.
Officers said they also found bloody rubber gloves in a bedroom on the second floor, as well as a machete and a large kitchen knife in the bathtub.
“As far as the crime itself, it’s not something we typically see here,” said Middletown Township Police Captain Pete Feeney.
The wife then told police her husband’s white Toyota Corolla and her son were both missing.
Police said the more than 14-minute long YouTube video, titled “Mohn’s Militia – Call to Arms for American Patriots,” showed Justin Mohn picking up his father’s decapitated head and identifying him by name. Police said it appeared Mohn was reading from a script as he railed about the government.
Mohn referred to himself as a militia leader and called his father a traitor to the country for being a federal employee for 20 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this post.
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