PA Man Reportedly Killed Elderly Woman, Attacked Disabled Son Over Motorcycle Sale: Police

PENNSYLVANIA — A Pennsylvania man previously charged with evidence tampering related to the homicide of an 84-year-old woman has now been charged with her murder.

Kyle Kaspereen, 24, of Easton, faces a slew of charges in the attack which left 84-year-old Elaine Trachin dead and her 52-year-old son with disabilities with severe injuries, WFMZ-TV first reported.

The incident occurred on Nov. 30 in Washington Township, New Jersey, located just across the Delaware River from Lehigh County.

Neighbors called Washington Township Police to do a welfare check on the Trachin home that day shortly after 8:15 p.m. after hearing commotion from their home on Wayne Street, authorities said.

William Trachin, who News 12 New Jersey reported uses a wheelchair, was medevaced to a nearby trauma center and placed in intensive care.

During an interview with the prosecutor's office, detectives found that Kaspereen had been in touch with William Trachin by phone and also been at his home on Tuesday. They also noted Kaspereen was deleting text messages during an interview break.

When asked why he did so, Kaspereen reportedly told investigators because the text messages "didn't add up to what I told you."

Authorities said the texts were pertaining to the sale of a motorcycle that reportedly fell through, and that led to the initial evidence tampering charges against Kaspereen.

Investigators followed surveillance video leads that showed Kaspereen throwing an item into the river from a bridge between Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and Easton the same day as the murder, officials said.

New Jersey State Police divers then searched a section of the Delaware River Thursday and were able to find William Trachin's phone, LehighValleyLive.com reports.

Since the initial evidence tampering charges, reports indicated, investigators learned that Kaspereen also reportedly Googled on his phone about how crimes are investigated and for information about murders in Washington, where the Trachin home is located.