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CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Pa. (CBS) — A scene so gruesome and so shocking it’s left even veteran police officers in stunned disbelief. They looked through an apartment window in Clifton Heights and saw a man allegedly dismembering his girlfriend’s body.
For police, it started out as a domestic call but quickly turned out to be something far different. The suspect is in custody, charged with first-degree murder.
The police chief says he’s never seen a crime like this in his three decades in law enforcement.
“This is abhorrent,” Clifton Heights Police Chief Timothy Rockenbach said.
Clifton Heights police allege 32-year-old Nicholas Scurria used a machete to dismember his former girlfriend inside their shared apartment on Springfield Road Friday morning.
"I've been an officer for 32 years, this is absolutely horrible," said Clifton Heights Police Chief Timothy Rockenbach. "I don't even know what words I could describe to you how actually incredibly insane this is, especially in my town."
Police credit the neighbor who called to report the fight. They say the call prevented Scurria from getting away with the crime.
"Domestic violence is a major crime everywhere," said Rockenbach. "Sometimes a neighbor interceding allows us to solve a crime, stop a crime or prevent a crime from happening."
Scurria was arraigned and charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. He is being held in prison.
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