A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man is accused of decapitating his father and then making threats against federal officials in a video posted online following the gruesome murder.
Officers responded to reports of a deceased man in his 60s at a home in Middletown Township Tuesday night, police said. The victim, Michael Mohn, was found dead in a bathroom by his wife, according to the police criminal complaint.
The victim had been decapitated, and a machete and a large kitchen knife were found at the scene, according to the complaint.
The victim’s son, Justin Mohn — the “prime suspect” in the homicide who lived at the home — had fled the residence in his father’s vehicle, police said. He was taken into custody a few hours later, about 100 miles away from the crime scene, according to Middletown Township Police Chief Joe Bartorilla.
Officers located the vehicle near Fort Indiantown Gap, a National Guard Training Center, after pinging the suspect’s cellphone, according to Pennsylvania National Guard spokesperson Angela Watson. Justin Mohn was found inside the installation with a firearm and arrested without incident, according to Watson.