What to Know
- A body was found on Saturday wrapped in a piece of blood-soaked carpet inside a home in Philadelphia's Wissinoming neighborhood.
- Police made the discovery after the landlord called for help. He had come to the home to collect rent and found the cut-up carpet.
- One man, Joseph Wilson, has been charged in the fatal stabbing. Two others were taken into custody, but have not been charged.
A Philadelphia man is charged with murder after police discovered a body wrapped inside a blood-soaked carpet at a Wissinoming home on Saturday.
Joseph Wilson, 34, is implicated in the deadly stabbing that happened along the 4000 block of Higbee Street, police said.
A neighbor said the tenant's landlord came by the home around 2:30 p.m. Saturday to collect rent. Police said the man found the residents cutting up a blood-stained carpet. The landlord then called police.
Officers then searched the home and found the body wrapped in the cut-up carpet, police said.
Three people were taken into custody Saturday. Charges were announced on Monday for Wilson. In addition to a murder charge, he faces possession of an instrument of crime and obstruction of justice. The others have not been charged.
The victim's identity has not been released.
