Zak Moyer, 30, faces homicide charges after allegedly donning a 'Scream' costume and butchering his neighbor Edward Whitehead Jr., 59, with a chainsaw and knife.
A Pennsylvania man is accused of donning a 'Scream' costume, butchering his next-door neighbor with a chainsaw and knife, then going home to watch a movie before his arrest. Zak Moyer, 30, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with criminal homicide in the killing of 59-year-old Edward Whitehead Jr., according to court records.. The Lehighton Borough police called state police for backup around 3:34 p.m. on Monday as they surrounded a home on the 200 block of Carbon Street.
After police managed to extricate him from his home, Whitehead was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Carbon County Hospital with a large puncture wound to the side of his head, cuts to his head and arms and defensive wounds to his hands, State Trooper Anthony Petroski told WFMZ. 'The suspect was wearing an all-black outfit, consisting of a mask of the Scream character from a movie from a few years ago,' Trooper Petroski said. 'This was not just a random attack.
He hid the battery-operated chainsaw and knife he had used to kill Whitehead, along with his costume, inside his house for cops to find later, according to the records. District Judge Eric Schrantz arraigned Moyer on homicide charges and remanded him to Carbon County Jail without bail, according to Pennsylvania court records. His preliminary court hearing is scheduled for April 3.
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