Man charged with homicide after body with multiple stab wounds found near Pennsylvania homeless camp
Vendell Nasir III charged with criminal homicide and tampering with evidence
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Police in Pennsylvania have charged a man with homicide after authorities found a body with multiple stab wounds along railroad tracks in Scott Township Thursday evening.
Police responded at 5:54 p.m. Thursday to a report of an "unresponsive" man near the tracks, about 10 miles west of Pittsburgh, near the location of a homeless encampment.
First responders pronounced the man, Joseph Williams, dead at around 6 p.m., WPXI reported.
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Allegheny County police and Scott Township Police collaborated on an investigation that identified Vendell Nasir III, 28, as the prime suspect, police said in a statement.
Nasir allegedly beat and stabbed Williams, 70, with a knife, which investigators found 30 feet from Williams' body on the path into the homeless camp.
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Police found Nasir in the camp with blood on his hands and clothes and fresh cuts on his hands.
Witnesses told police they saw Nasir punching and kicking Williams.
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Police arrested Nasir and charged him with criminal homicide and tampering with evidence.
Nasir is in custody at the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment.
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No motive for the alleged assault and murder has been publicly revealed.