A 47-year-old man has been charged in connection with a broken body found in a garbage bag in the back of a U-Haul truck in Philadelphia.
According to a court document, Taray Herring (47) is charged with assault of a corpse, burglary and related charges. A second man who was initially arrested has been released without charge, a Philadelphia police spokesman told NBC10.
Sources told NBC10 that someone called the police on Wednesday because they were worried about the man who is believed to be the victim. Officers did not find him in his home in Northeast Philadelphia on Sanibel Street, but left after being told by a neighbor that he traveled regularly.
However, police said the same neighbor called them Thursday morning to report a suspicious U-Haul truck near the home. Officers stopped the truck and checked the back, where they found the bag full of body parts, as well as a weapon, investigators said.
A source with knowledge of the investigation said that later that night, the police discovered more body parts in the rubbish bin of a Wawa store.
Police did not name the victim because the medical examiner is still identifying the body, a PPD spokesman said.
Authorities on Friday removed several exotic pets from the home in Sanibel Street. Neighbors told NBC10 the man who lived there is known as friendly and someone who ‘never gave anyone problems’.
Herring is represented by the Defender Association of Philadelphia. The group told the Philadelphia Inquirer it did not comment on the case.