On Friday, Nov. 25, at 4:11 p.m., Bensalem Police received a 911 call about a possible homicide. The caller stated that her daughter received an Instagram video chat from a 16-year-old acquaintance, now known to be Joshua Cooper, who stated during the chat that he had just killed someone. He then flipped the video image and showed the legs and feet of someone covered in blood. The girl informed her mother, who alerted police.
Cooper, a resident in Top of the Ridge Trailer Park, located at 1446 Gibson Road in Bensalem, asked for assistance with the disposal of the body. Police went to check the property and, as they arrived, a juvenile male ran out the back of the trailer.
When officers entered the mobile home, they observed a deceased juvenile female on the floor of the bathroom with an apparent gunshot wound. There were also indications that substantial steps were taken to clean up the crime scene. Other responding officers conducted a search for Cooper and a short time later, he was stopped in the area of Newport Mews Drive and Groton Drive and taken into custody.
He was charged with the following crimes: Criminal Homicide, Possessing Instruments of Crime and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence. He was arraigned by District Justice Stacy Wertman, denied bail and sent to the Edison Juvenile Detention Center.
