Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
UPDATE: Beheading Suspect Justin Mohn Held Without Bail On Murder Charge
UPDATED: 10:16 p.m., Tuesday:
Middletown Township Chief of Police Joseph Bartorilla confirmed the suspect in the death was arrested just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The suspect, a man in his 30s, was arrested by Fort Indiantown Gap Police in Central Pennsylvania, Bartorilla said.
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Middletown Township investigators and members of the Bucks County Detectives were headed to Fort Indiantown Gap as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Law enforcement sources said the deceased was a man in his 60s. He was found beheaded.
Law enforcement sources told LevittownNow.com that a video posted on YouTube by a man identified as Justin Mohn was tied to the death. The man in the video held up what appeared to be the decapitated head of a man Mohn said was his father.
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The video includes threats and political rants.
Bartorilla said he had not yet seen the video and couldn’t speak on it.
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Original Story:
A death investigation was underway in Middletown Township as of Tuesday evening.
Police responded to the 100 block of Upper Orchard Drive near the intersection with Upland Road in the township’s Levittown section just past 7 p.m. for a report of a possible expiration. They arrived to find a person deceased, source said.
Police confirmed a death was under investigation, but they did not elaborate on initial reports that a man was found beheaded in the bathroom of the residence.
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A police radio dispatch around 8:15 p.m. said officers were seeking a person and vehicle that could be connected to the death.
Investigators were inside the home and also speaking with neighbors.
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Middletown Township police and the Bucks County Detectives were on the scene.
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