Almost 30 years ago, one of the most successful horror movie sagas began. The character that has terrified several generations “jumped” into real life, because in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, a man killed his neighbor with a knife and a chainsaw wearing a mask of ‘Ghostface’, the killer from “Scream”.
Just like in the movies, the murderer stabbed his victim to deathalthough reality always surpasses fiction and Carbon’s attacker also used an electric saw to kill his neighbor, who became his criminal target, although Zak Moyer30, argued that he was a kind of “vigilante.”
Moments before being arrested, the man had a negotiation with state police, who convinced him to leave, but he wrote some notes that he showed through his window, one of them said: “Ed murdered women and children. “Eddie Junior murdered women and children last summer.”.
The negotiation was a success and Moyer left his house on his own and surrendered to the authorities, who said that the victim, Edward Whitehead Jr.59, had no complaint for the crimes indicated, so they will not investigate the accusations that appear to be baseless, according to WFMZ.
The “Ghostface” crime
Dressed all in black, wearing the mask of the character from the “Scream” movies, carrying a knife and a small chainsaw, according to footage from a video surveillance camera, he entered his neighbor’s house and stabbed him in the head. according to what he himself confessed.
After committing the crime he returned home and waited for the police to arrive.when the authorities arrived at the scene Whitehead Jr. was still alive, so he was taken to a hospital, but he did not survive.
The police report indicates that they received a call alerting about a crime, When they arrived at the house they found a “horrible” scene. and the agents began the investigation, reaching the house of the next-door neighbor, who was arrested and admitted to the Carbon County Correctional Center.
According to The News Station, the victim and attacker argued on the morning of the day of the crime, shortly after the young man returned to his neighbor’s house, but with the purpose of attacking him. Moyer is charged with criminal homicide and is awaiting an April 3 hearing. His father was also arrested for harassing the victim’s family.
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