A Pennsylvania man was charged with homicide on Saturday in connection to the dying and dismemberment of his roommate, who was reported lacking on his birthday.
Joshua Moser, 33, is charged with prison murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering/fabricating proof after 37-year-old David Hittinger’s stays have been found on a path and in a cemetery and quarry, Lehigh County District Legal professional Gavin Holihan introduced Friday.
In line with Holihan, Hittinger was reported lacking on Monday, after he had not been heard from because the night time of Might 11. The one who reported Hittinger lacking had deliberate to satisfy him for his birthday and grew involved after not listening to from him, Holihan stated.
Hittinger was final seen at Moser’s dwelling, in accordance with Holihan. He’d just lately moved in with Moser.
Authorities found dismembered physique elements belonging to Hittinger inside rubbish baggage at a neighborhood cemetery on Wednesday, Holihan stated. Police discovered extra physique elements the next day alongside a path and at a small quarry close by, he stated.
The health worker decided Hittinger’s method of dying a murder, although the post-mortem remains to be ongoing, Holihan stated.
Caydence Waterhouse, Moser’s neighbor, informed ABC affiliate WPVI that she heard yelling coming from the house on Might 12, sooner or later earlier than Hittinger was reported lacking.
“It was Josh. He was saying, ’Get the F out of right here, you don’t belong right here,” Waterhouse informed the outlet. “However I didn’t hear anybody speaking again to him.”
Authorities carried out a search of Moser’s dwelling on Tuesday and picked up proof, together with blood and hair, Holihan stated. The DA alleged there was an “effort to hide the blood within the basement” of Moser’s dwelling, and a second search of Moser’s dwelling produced a noticed, a field cutter and extra clothes with blood on it.
State police stated Moser confessed to strangling Hittinger and hitting him within the head with a hammer, in accordance with WPVI.
Holihan didn’t talked about a motive for the alleged killing, however stated that there “seems to have been some form of disagreement that might result in the demise of Mr. Hittinger in such a fashion.”
Moser was taken into custody that very same day on an unrelated cost Holihan didn’t specify, however is now being held with out bail.