Daughter Charged With Murder Of Parents After Found Near Chainsaw, Dismembered Bodies

A Pennsylvania woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree and third-degree murder in connection to the double-homicide of her elderly parents.

The victims, Reid Beck, 73, and Miriam Beck, 72, were found dismembered in their family home by authorities on Tuesday, after the couple’s son asked for a wellness check. January 7th marked the last time they heard from the victims.

Verity Beck, the couple’s 49-year-old daughter, was found by authorities in the home with the dismembered bodies. Verity lived with her parents in the house.

BREAKING: An elderly couple was found dead at their Jenkintown home. They were shot and dismembered. A chainsaw was also found on the scene. One-degree murder charges against daughter. https://t.co/QE4FVh7aYI

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After “entering the home, officers encountered the couple’s adult daughter inside,” a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office read. “Officers observed one deceased person tightly wrapped in a white bed sheet, and evidence of a second deceased person inside the home. There were signs of extreme trauma present.”

Officers asked Verity about her parents and she replied that Verity was the daughter. reportedly responded, “They are dead.”

Verity was taken into police custody and later charged.

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office

Authorities found a chainsaw next to one of the dismembered corpses during an additional search of the residence. Both Reid and Miriam’s bodies “were in various stages of dismemberment,” According to the press release, it was also noted that “several firearms were recovered from the home as well.”

“Verity used this chainsaw and put parts of her parents into trash bags and had covered them up. They were actually in two different trash cans,” Kevin Steele, Montgomery County District attorney, stated during a conference on Wednesday.

Steele said that officers felt overwhelmed by a smell upon entering the home. This led them to believe that the bodies had been decaying for some time.

The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office, after examining the couple, indicated the double-homicide could have been committed up to a week ago.

The coroner’s office also determined that Reid and Miriam “were victims of a gunshot wound to the head and the cause of death was ruled a homicide,” the DA’s office said.