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Teen confesses to killing 13-year-old girl during Instagram video chat, Bensalem police say
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Jan 9, 2023, 7:38:23 PM1/9/23
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BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A 16-year-old allegedly confessed to a
friend during a video chat on Instagram that he killed someone, police in
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, said.
According to police the suspect, identified as Joshua Cooper, allegedly
chatted via video with a 16-year-old female acquaintance on Friday and
told her about the crime.
That acquaintance told police that Cooper flipped the video camera around
and showed the feet of the 13-year-old victim covered in blood.
Cooper allegedly asked that friend to assist with disposing of the body.
The girl told her mom who immediately called police.
Police say officers went to Cooper's home at the Top of the Ridge Trailer
Park on Gibson Road, and as they approached they say a juvenile male -
later identified as Cooper - run out the back of the trailer.
The body of the victim, so far only identified as a juvenile female, was
found on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound.
Cooper was later found a short distance from the trailer park.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Cooper said, "it was an
accident ... '[he's] sorry' and that he's 'going to jail for the rest of
his life.'"
The affidavit also states that during an interview with Cooper's mother
and police, Cooper claimed at one time he was in a sexual relationship
with the victim.
Police say there was substantial evidence that someone tried to clean up
the crime scene.
Neighbors say they heard a gunshot but didn't think anything of it at the
time.
"I was going to invite the kid over for turkey dinner because his dad was
hunting that day," said neighbor Gary Seeley.
According to Bensalem police, Cooper told investigators that he was
cleaning out his dad's safe and sorting through the guns and ammunition
before the 13-year-old girl was dropped off at his home.
Cooper claims the girl went to the bathroom and that's where detectives
say she was killed.
"The kid seemed harmless. I know he had problems you know. I thought he
was a danger to himself if anything," said Seeley.
The coroner's office said the teen's cause of death was a gunshot wound to
the neck and upper chest area.
Cooper was taken to a juvenile detention center with no bail.
He is facing several charges including Criminal Homicide, Possessing
Instruments of Crime and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence.
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BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A 16-year-old allegedly confessed to a
friend during a video chat on Instagram that he killed someone, police in
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, said.
According to police the suspect, identified as Joshua Cooper, allegedly
chatted via video with a 16-year-old female acquaintance on Friday and
told her about the crime.
That acquaintance told police that Cooper flipped the video camera around
and showed the feet of the 13-year-old victim covered in blood.
Cooper allegedly asked that friend to assist with disposing of the body.
The girl told her mom who immediately called police.
Police say officers went to Cooper's home at the Top of the Ridge Trailer
Park on Gibson Road, and as they approached they say a juvenile male -
later identified as Cooper - run out the back of the trailer.
The body of the victim, so far only identified as a juvenile female, was
found on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound.
Cooper was later found a short distance from the trailer park.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Cooper said, "it was an
accident ... '[he's] sorry' and that he's 'going to jail for the rest of
his life.'"
The affidavit also states that during an interview with Cooper's mother
and police, Cooper claimed at one time he was in a sexual relationship
with the victim.
Police say there was substantial evidence that someone tried to clean up
the crime scene.
Neighbors say they heard a gunshot but didn't think anything of it at the
time.
"I was going to invite the kid over for turkey dinner because his dad was
hunting that day," said neighbor Gary Seeley.
According to Bensalem police, Cooper told investigators that he was
cleaning out his dad's safe and sorting through the guns and ammunition
before the 13-year-old girl was dropped off at his home.
Cooper claims the girl went to the bathroom and that's where detectives
say she was killed.
"The kid seemed harmless. I know he had problems you know. I thought he
was a danger to himself if anything," said Seeley.
The coroner's office said the teen's cause of death was a gunshot wound to
the neck and upper chest area.
Cooper was taken to a juvenile detention center with no bail.
He is facing several charges including Criminal Homicide, Possessing
Instruments of Crime and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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