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A Pennsylvania guy is implicated of putting on a “Scream” outfit, butchering his neighbor with a chainsaw and knife, then going home to see a motion picture before his arrest.
Zak Moyer, 30, was nabbed on Monday and charged with criminal murder in the killing of 59-year-old Edward Whitehead Jr., according to court records.
The Lehighton Borough authorities called state authorities for backup around 3:34 p.m. on Monday as they surrounded a home on the 200 block of Carbon Street. They had actually been contacted us to the scene to react to an active attack in which a victim was being assaulted by an attacker with a knife and chainsaw, according to a Pennsylvania State Police press release.
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Zak Moyer, 30, was charged with criminal murder on Monday, according to Pennsylvania court records. (Pennsylvania State Police )
After cops handled to liberate him from his home, Whitehead was noticable dead at St. Luke’s Carbon County Hospital with a big leak injury to the side of his head, cuts to his head and arms and protective injuries to his hands, State Trooper Anthony Petroski informed WFMZ.
“The suspect was using an all-black clothing, including a mask of the Scream character from a motion picture from a couple of years back,” Trooper Petroski stated. “This was not simply a random attack. They did understand each other.”
Authorities surrounded Moyer’s home after seeing him leave Whitehead’s home on security video footage, according to Lehigh Valley Live. They coaxed Moyer outside after a duration of settlement, throughout which the 30-year-old interacted utilizing a note pad held up to a window:
“Ed killed ladies and kids,” checked out one note, according to the authorities report. “Eddie Junior killed females and kids last summer season.”
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Moyer initially informed cops that he had actually put on the “Scream” outfit and used up the weapons “for the function of terrifying [Whitehead],” however later on admitted that he had actually gone next door with the objective of eliminating his next-door neighbor. (PA Images/Sipa USA)
Whitehead had actually never ever been charged with murder, according to Pennsylvania Court System records. Petroski informed Lehigh Valley Live that the claims are “not something we are checking out.”
Moyer had actually altered out of the “Scream” clothing and into a red sweatshirt before he left his home of his own accord and was apprehended.
Moyer’s sis informed authorities that he had actually spoken about eliminating Whitehead a week before the attack. While he waited on authorities to react to the scene, she informed cops, he took a seat to enjoy a motion picture– the report examined by Lehigh Valley Live did not define which movie.
