DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The man accused of shooting and decapitating his father in their home northeast of Philadelphia and posting a video of the severed head on social media purchased a gun the previous day, the county prosecutor said Friday.
She said an autopsy showed that his father had been shot in the head before he was decapitated with a knife and machete.
His mother discovered the remains of her husband, Michael F. Mohn, in the Levittown home where the three lived together.
In the YouTube video, Justin Mohn picked up his father's head and identified him.
Cellphone signals helped locate him, according to Angela Watson, communications director for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Persons:
Jennifer Schorn, Justin D, Mohn, Michael F, Justin Mohn's, Michael Mohn, Justin Mohn, Biden, Denice Mohn, ” Mohn, Angela Watson, Watson, ___ Scolforo
Organizations:
Pennsylvania National Guard, YouTube, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Public, Police, Pennsylvania Department of Military, Veterans Affairs
Locations:
DOYLESTOWN, Pa, Philadelphia, Doylestown , Bucks County, Indiantown, Levittown, Bucks, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania