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sl8

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Mon Nov 28, 2022, 08:25 AM Nov 2022

Police claim a 16-year-old confessed on Instagram video chat to killing a girl and asked ...

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/27/us/joshua-cooper-pennsylvania-instagram-killing-confession/index.html

Police claim a 16-year-old confessed on Instagram video chat to killing a girl and asked for help disposing of body

By Tavleen Tarrant, CNN
Published 4:16 PM EST, Sun November 27, 2022

CNN

A teenager has been charged as an adult after police claim he killed another young person and confessed on an Instagram video chat, asking for help disposing of the body.

Police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, said they received a call from a woman Friday afternoon who claimed her daughter had received a video call from a 16-year-old acquaintance.

“During the video chat, the 16-year-old stated that he had just killed someone,” police said in a statement. “He then flipped the video image and showed the legs and feet of someone covered in blood. He then asked for assistance with disposal of the body.”

Police said officers responded to a mobile home property and saw a young man running away. A young woman was found on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound.

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Police claim a 16-year-old confessed on Instagram video chat to killing a girl and asked ... (Original Post) sl8 Nov 2022 OP
Just another good guy with a gun? AllyCat Nov 2022 #1
In Murica, guns substitute for reason, followed immediately by social media. usonian Nov 2022 #2
Every day it seems more like Rod Serling should be narrating our lives. twodogsbarking Nov 2022 #3

usonian

(13,861 posts)
2. In Murica, guns substitute for reason, followed immediately by social media.
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 08:59 AM
Nov 2022

Reason is the first thing to go when joining a cult.

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