A 16-year-old Bensalem Township boy was charged on Black Friday with a killing a juvenile girl.
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Bensalem Township police said 9-1-1 dispatchers received a call of a possible homicide Friday at 4:11 p.m. The caller told a dispatcher their daughter received an Instagram video chat from the 16-year-old boy where he stated he had just killed a person. The teen boy then turned the phone to reveal the legs and feet of someone covered in blood.
The 16-year-old boy reportedly asked the girl he was chatting with on Instagram to help him dispose of the body.
Officers responded to the Top of the Ridge Trailer Park in the 1400 block of Gibson Road, which sits less than a mile from Bristol Township, for a check after the call, police said.
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As officers were pulling up, they spotted the teen boy run out of the back of a mobile home at the address, police said.
When officers made entry to the mobile home, they found the dead girl on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound, police said.
Investigators reported it appeared there were “substantial steps” taken to clean up the crime scene.
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Additional officers responding to the scene began a search for the teen who fled the mobile home, police said.
After a short manhunt, the 16-year-old boy was located at Newport Mews Drive and Groton Drive and taken into custody, police said.
Police said they were not releasing the name of the alleged killer and victim due to their age.
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According to court papers reviewed by LevittownNow.com, 16-year-old Bensalem Township resident Joshua Cooper was charged as an adult with criminal homicide, possession of an instrument of crime, and tamper with/or fabricate physical evidence.
Police said the defendant was sent to the Edison Juvenile Detention Center.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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