A man has been taken into custody after allegedly decapitating his father and posting a video about the killing online, according to authorities and reports.
The man, identified as 32-year-old Justin Mohn, was arrested at Fort Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. He is charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime with intent, according to online records reviewed by Newsweek.
Middletown Township Police were called to a home on Upper Orchard Drive at about 7 p.m. by the wife of the victim, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Officers found a man, whose name and age were not released, dead in a bathroom in the home.
The district attorney's office said the victim's adult son was not there when police arrived and had left the area in his father's vehicle.
He was arrested about two hours away near Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County.
The statement from the district attorney's office said there was no threat to the public.
"This is an active and ongoing investigation and more information will be released as it becomes available," the office added.
Sources familiar with the investigation told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the victim was Mohn's father, Michael, and that his head had been removed.
Mohn allegedly posted a graphic video on YouTube displaying a severed head that he said belonged to his father, the sources told the Inquirer.
In the video—which has since been taken down—he said his father was a longtime federal employee and "is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to this county," according to LevittownNow.com.
Mohn also ranted about President Joe Biden, federal officials, what he called "far-left woke mobs," supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement and members of the LGBTQ+ community, the outlet reported. He also called on people to attack federal workers, federal law enforcement and journalists.
Mohn describes himself as an author and musician on his Facebook and Amazon seller page.
"His life story is unbelievable and there may not be enough words to describe him, but one may begin to understand his complexity and experiences through his art," his bio on Amazon reads. "He only wishes to bring positive change to the world."
The Amazon page lists several of Mohn's self-published books for sale, with titles including The Kingdom of Darkness, They Will Burn This Book and Poems I Wrote While Stoned.
One title—The Second Messiah: King of Earth—is described as being "loosely based on the life of author and musician Justin Mohn."
Mohn's Spotify account listed songs that he had produced and performed, including "They Came For Justin Mohn" and "Judge Kathy Toilet."
He graduated from Penn State University with a degree in business management in 2014, according to court filings.
In the years since, he has sued the federal government multiple times for allowing him to take out student loans that he had to repay. His complaints were repeatedly dismissed.
Court filings from 2023 show that he was seeking more than $10 million, arguing that his loan allowed him to get a college education but that he could not "find a satisfactory job as an overeducated white man to repay the loan."
The filings say that after graduating, Mohn argued that he struggled to find a full-time job. He also alleged that his education and poor financial situation made him the target of "affirmative action and reverse discrimination."
He moved to Colorado to take a full-time job at a credit union and then moved to an insurance company that paid him a higher hourly wage.
In 2019, Mohn sued Progressive Insurance after not advancing within the company, saying he was not selected for positions because he was a man.
Court filings in that case said he was placed on paid leave after allegedly kicking open a door on August 5, 2017. He was terminated later that month for violating the company's code of conduct.
Mohn is being held without bail after a preliminary arraignment in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A hearing is scheduled for February 8.
Update 1/31/24, 4:10 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information and a new visual.
Update 1/31/24, 5:30 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
Update 1/31/24, 6:20 a.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
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