Editor’s note (Jan. 31, 2024, 6:38 a.m.): The details of this story are graphic and could be disturbing to viewers.
A Bucks County, Pennsylvania, man is accused of killing his father and then posting a YouTube video of him holding his decapitated head.
Justin Mohn, 32, was arrested and charged in the murder of his father, Michael Mohn.
On Tuesday, around 7 p.m., police were called to the Mohn home on Upper Orchard Drive in Levittown, Middletown Township, for a report of a possible death.
When police arrived, they found the decapitated body of a man – later identified as Michael Mohn – inside the bathroom of the home. A large amount of blood surrounded the victim and both a machete and a large kitchen knife were found near the bathtub, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC10.
Investigators also said they found Mohn’s head inside a plastic bag, which was inside of a cooking pot in the bedroom next to the bathroom. They later found rubber gloves with blood on them in another bedroom as well as on a desk.
The elder Mohn’s wife told investigators she had last seen her husband as well as their son, Justin Mohn, at their home earlier that day around 2 p.m. When she returned to their home later in the day, she noticed her front door was unlocked and that her husband’s 2009 Toyota Corolla, as well as her son were missing, according to the criminal complaint. She called police shortly after.
Police later learned of a YouTube video that appeared to show Justin Mohn picking up his father’s decapitated head from a cooking pot and holding it up. The 14-minute, 35-second video titled “Mohn’s Militia – Call to Arms for American Patriots” showed Justin Mohn wearing the same type of rubber gloves that were found at the crime scene, investigators said.
In the video, Mohn picks up his father’s decapitated head and states, “he is now in hell for eternity,” according to the criminal complaint. He also refers to his father as a “traitor,” calls for the death of all federal officials and attacks Democratic President Joe Biden, the Black Lives Matter movement, the LGBTQ community as well as antifa activists, according to NBC News.
Investigators said Mohn appeared to be reading from a pre-recorded script during the video.
NBC News reported that YouTube removed the video hours after it was posted.
Detectives confirmed the gloves and decapitated head they found at the crime scene were depicted in the video, according to the criminal complaint.
Investigators later found the Toyota Corolla about 100 miles away in Fort Indiantown Gap, a National Guard base in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Justin Mohn was located nearby around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and taken into custody.
“We didn’t know where he was going and what his intentions were when he left here,” Middletown Township Police Capt. Pete Feeney said. “Fortunately, we were able to get a location based on his cellphone.”
Mohn is charged with murder, abuse of corpse and possession of an instrument of crime, according to online court records.
He was arraigned early Wednesday in Bucks County and held without bail. He is scheduled for a hearing on Feb. 8.
An attorney for Mohn wasn’t listed in court records Wednesday morning and a message seeking comment on his behalf was left at a phone listing for him. The Associated Press emailed the court clerk’s office to see if he had a lawyer yet.
NBC News reached out to Google, the parent company of YouTube, for comment.
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