A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested and charged with murder after police found the dismembered bodies of her elderly parents in the home they shared.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said police conducted a welfare check Tuesday in Jenkintown after a family member said they hadn’t heard from the elderly couple in more than a week. They then found their daughter Verity Beck inside, along with one body “wrapped tightly in a white sheet” and evidence of a second dead person.
“There were signs of severe trauma,” Steele said, adding that’s when Beck, 43, was arrested.
Authorities conducted another search of the home and found the bodies of Beck’s 73-year-old father and 72-year-old mother.
“A hacksaw was located next to one of the bodies and both were in various stages of dismemberment,” Steele said. “Several firearms were also found in the home.”
Both men were soon determined to have died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the county coroner’s office, and their deaths were ruled a homicide. Beck, who also lived in the home, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of third-degree murder, the first of which makes her ineligible for bail, Steele said.
According to court documents, an investigation is underway, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 1. She is currently in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility.
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