A Pennsylvania man who decapitated his father last year and displayed his severed head in a YouTube video — saying his father had interfered with his plot to overthrow the government — was convicted Friday on murder and terrorism charges and sentenced to life without parole.
The man, Justin Mohn, 33, admitted during his trial in the Court of Common Pleas in Bucks County that he shot his father, Michael, 68, in the head at their suburban Philadelphia home on Jan. 30, 2024, and used a kitchen knife and a machete to decapitate him.
Taking the stand in his own defense, Mr. Mohn appeared to show little remorse for the killing, which drew national attention and further scrutiny to violent content on YouTube.
The video remained online for about five hours and received more than 5,000 views before YouTube removed it.
In his testimony and public comments before his trial, Mr. Mohn said that he was making a citizens arrest and that his father, who had spent many years working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, had betrayed him.
Jennifer Schorn, the Bucks County district attorney, said during a news conference on Friday, that it was unfathomable that Mr. Mohn could take his father’s life in the home where he and his siblings were raised and loved by their parents.
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