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    Philadelphia sex offender charged after Peter Gerold's (69) 'deep-fried' body parts found

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    https://nypost.com/2021/02/15/pa-sex...y-parts-found/

    A Philadelphia man has been busted after body parts were found in a U-Haul and dumpster ' including deep-fried hands and feet, according to a report.

    Taray Herring, 47, was arraigned Saturday on charges that include burglary, abuse of a corpse and evidence-tampering, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

    Police had been responding to a call about a burglary in the Somerton neighborhood Thursday morning and began chasing a U-Haul truck that had fled a home there.

    When they pulled over the truck, the driver got out and reportedly said, 'I don't want anything to do with this, and there's a body in the back.'

    Police found a dismembered body in a trash bag, along with a weapon.

    The unidentified motorist and a passenger, who was identified as Herring, were both taken into custody, but the driver was released without charges, the Inquirer reported.

    After speaking to Herring, detectives searched dumpsters near a strip mall and found black trash bags with a person's hands and feet, all of which were deep-fried, a law-enforcement source told the outlet.

    There were also cut-up legs, which were not deep-fried, which were found in trash bags, the source told the paper.

    Police said that the medical examiner's office is still working to identify the remains.

    It's unclear whether the dismembered corpse had any connection to the burglary, which occurred Thursday at a home owned by 70-year-old Peter Gerold.

    A person from a different state had requested a welfare check Wednesday on Gerold after not hearing from him for 'some time.'

    Police went to the home, but didn't enter because they didn't notice anything suspicious, the outlet reported.

    'We don't just kick people's doors in,' Police Cpl. Jasmine Reilly said, according to the Inquirer. 'There must be a reason why we go in there.'

    Herring, who is a registered sex offender listed on the state police's site, has been ordered held without bail.

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    Geezus! Deep-fried? I can't even.
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    Grisly discovery of body parts in U-Haul, dumpsters leaves friends shocked as police investigate

    https://www.inquirer.com/news/dismem...-20210329.html

    Police made a gruesome discovery last month when they found Peter Gerold’s dismembered body in the back of a U-Haul near his Northeast Philadelphia home.

    In the weeks since, friends of Gerold, who would have turned 70 last month, have expressed shock over the death of a man they described as “one of the kindest people you ever could meet.”


    Gerold, a massage therapist with offices in Mount Airy and Bucks County, loved animals and kept parrots, tortoises, bearded dragon lizards, and dogs in his home, and raised koi in a backyard pond. He grew fruit trees and raised honey bees.

    It is not clear how Gerold died or why anyone would have wanted to kill him. Police have not divulged many details in the case as they continue to investigate. No one has been charged in Gerold’s killing, but authorities have charged three people, including a man who worked for him, with burglary and related offenses for taking thousands in cash, a television, and other items from his house.

    Law enforcement sources said at least one of the three is expected to face murder charges, possibly as soon as Monday.

    Police found Gerold’s dismembered torso inside a trash bag in the back of the U-Haul truck around 9 a.m. Feb. 11 after a neighbor called about a burglary in progress at Gerold’s 1?-story home, with trees and beehives in the front yard, on the 1000 block of Sanibel Street in Somerton. But an even more grisly discovery was yet to come. As police later searched dumpsters behind a strip mall near Gerold’s home, they found more body parts, including hands and feet that were deep-fried. That ghoulish find horrified Gerold’s friends and neighbors and even seasoned police investigators.

    The case began to unfold when officers stopped the U-Haul after it drove a short distance away from Gerold’s home shortly after the neighbor’s phone call.

    The driver of the U-Haul, a 43-year-old man, told the officers he was merely giving a friend a ride. “I don’t want anything to do with this,” he said, according to police, “ — and there’s a body in the back.”

    The passenger in the truck, Taray Herring, appeared nervous, said he was coming from his “lover’s house,” and told officers he had been paid $1,000 to remove a body, according to court documents.

    Herring, 47, was charged with abuse of corpse and tampering with evidence for allegedly dismembering Gerold’s body with a saw, according to a law enforcement source, deep-frying parts of it, and disposing of the body in the U-Haul and in the dumpsters. He was also charged with burglary and related offenses in the theft of items from Gerold’s home.

    A close friend of Gerold’s, Frank Burkhead, said Gerold was not in a romantic relationship with Herring and called that claim “a lie.” He said Herring worked for Gerold, taking care of his pets.

    According to court documents, Herring told detectives Gerold was killed during a botched robbery carried out by his ex-girlfriend and her new beau.

    He said he invited them into the house, then left them there and when he returned, Gerold was on the floor, bleeding from the head and not moving.

    He later recanted, according to court documents, telling detectives he was angry at the couple because they took things from the house and Gerold’s Ford Expedition SUV and did not return, leaving him alone with the body.

    Herring, of Northeast Philadelphia, is in custody in a city jail and has been denied bail. His attorney, Derek Steenson, declined to comment, saying he had spoken with Herring only briefly about the case.

    Herring, a registered sex offender, has another open burglary case and previous convictions on charges including unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, indecent assault, and aggravated assault. He spent about half of his adult life behind bars, including serving about 14 years in state prison on aggravated assault and indecent assault cases, prison records show.

    Herring’s former girlfriend, Jeanette Pace, 42, and her boyfriend, Rafique McNichols, 39, both of Ventnor, were charged with burglary and related offenses for allegedly stealing items from Gerold’s house. She is also charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the taking of Gerold’s Ford Expedition, which was found by police in Ventnor near the apartment where the couple lived.

    Pace told detectives Herring wanted her to sell some of Gerold’s animals, and that on Feb. 8, Herring and McNichols broke into Gerold’s safe and took out about $3,000. She said she and McNichols only later learned that a body had been found and that Herring had been arrested.

    Pace’s attorney, David Glanzberg, declined to comment. McNichols’ attorney, Andre Martino, did not return calls seeking comment.

    As police search for answers in the crime, Gerold’s friends say they’re bewildered by his violent death.

    Burkhead, Gerold’s friend, said Gerold had hired Herring last year to work for him to help take care of his numerous pets. Herring also helped Gerold shovel snow and had helped him move items from his Langhorne office to a new office in Yardley, Burkhead said.

    Burkhead, 50, of Langhorne, described Gerold as caring and kind.

    Peter Gerold worked as a licensed massage therapist at Community Acupuncture of Mount Airy (CAMA). He also had an office in Bucks County.

    “He loved his pets, he loved his house, he loved his clients,” Burkhead said.

    Another friend, Barb Blasko, of Newtown, said Gerold “had an extremely giving heart and personality.”

    She recalled how Gerold delighted in the windows in his new office in Yardley. “He loved his plants and loved his sunshine, and the days getting longer,” she said.

    She and others who knew and cared for Gerold said they found the circumstances of his death unfathomable.

    “He had the heart of a healer,” said Burkhead. “Knowing what happened, I still can’t wrap my head around it. We’re devastated.”

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