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00:00My father, he is now in hell for eternity as a traitor to his country.
00:05It is said that those who commit treason and betray others occupy the lowest pits of hell for all time.
00:10These were the chilling words uttered by Justin Maughan just moments after he fatally shot,
00:16then beheaded his own father, and displayed the severed head on YouTube.
00:20Charges have been filed in a gruesome killing in Bucks County.
00:24A man was found decapitated in a home.
00:26Police took his son into custody 100 miles away, and they believe there was more to this murder than just a family grudge.
00:33On January 30th, 2024, residents of Pennsylvania were shocked to learn the details of this disturbing family tragedy.
00:40A year and a half later, the adult son behind the killing has taken the stand
00:45in a murder trial that prosecutors described as something straight out of a horror film.
00:50Here's everything we know about the brutal beheading and the crazed conspiracy theories of the accused.
00:56On the third day of his trial in suburban Bucks County, 33-year-old Justin D. Maughan coldly told the court
01:02how he fatally shot his dad, Michael Maughan, age 68, in the head during a, quote, citizen's arrest.
01:10Justin was living at home with his parents in Levittown while he was looking for a job,
01:15and apparently becoming radicalized.
01:17I unfortunately had to use deadly force, he said in his testimony, which eerily echoed what he told
01:23Philadelphia's NBC10 in September of last year.
01:27Well, I wasn't expecting this, I had a speech ready, but I don't have that speech on me.
01:32A lot of other people around America believe that the federal government has betrayed America,
01:36they're destroying the country, and we have to do something to take our country back.
01:40What does killing your father have to do with that?
01:43Well, he was a federal employee and betrayed me.
01:45I was trying to perform a citizen's arrest, he resisted that citizen's arrest.
01:48It's lawful to use deadly force in that event.
01:50Justin testified that his dad had threatened him and tried to take away the 9mm handgun
01:55that he purchased the day before.
01:57He said he believed his father was trying to stop him from becoming a charismatic political leader
02:02like President Donald Trump.
02:04Justin painted his political beliefs as different from his parents,
02:08whom he described as being on the far left.
02:11He also explained that his dad was a martial arts expert with two black belts.
02:16Michael Maughan was a respected civil engineer
02:18who spent 20 years with the Army Corps of Engineers.
02:22But in his seemingly emotionless two-hour testimony,
02:25Justin said,
02:26I would object to calling it a murder,
02:28and claimed that killing his dad was his plan B,
02:32and that he knew his YouTube video would go viral.
02:35His sick video rant indeed spread like wildfire.
02:38In the nearly 15-minute speech,
02:40Justin said he needed to kill his dad
02:42to inspire others to join his movement to overthrow the government.
02:46His tirade spanned everything from immigration and the border
02:49to the war in Ukraine.
02:52True crime aficionados,
02:53including popular YouTuber Ray William Johnson,
02:57have since poured over the grisly details.
02:59In that video, he holds up his dad's head to the camera to show everyone.
03:04And I promise you, whatever you're imagining this scene is,
03:07it's worse.
03:08I've seen the video, and it's f***ing gruesome.
03:11A judge will soon decide the fate of Justin Maughan,
03:14who faces both murder and terrorism charges for the gruesome killing.
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