A man has been charged with homicide after police say he hid a body under an 18-wheeler in the city’s Carrick neighborhood. Steven Thomas, 52, of Georgia, is charged with criminal homicide, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. According to the criminal complaint, Allegheny County dispatchers received a call around 8:30 p.m. on March 2 for a deceased person under an 18-wheeler behind Shop ‘n Save on Brownsville Road. “Now that Shop ‘n Save is closed, there’s not a lot of traffic like there used to, but I never expected something like that,” said Donna Barkus, a manager at the nearby Tobacco Outlet store. “It’s just very shocking to see. It’s, like, right next door to us.”According to the criminal complaint, the county medical examiner used a medical device implanted in the victim’s chest to identify him to police as Vaughan Leroy. The doctor performing the autopsy said he died from blunt force trauma to the back of his head. Court documents show police went to Leroy’s home where they spoke to his wife and her brother, Thomas. Both Thomas and the wife said they had not seen Leroy since Feb. 27. Court documents reveal Thomas admitted to having a confrontation with Leroy inside the home on Feb. 27. Thomas said Leroy was standing in the living room yelling obscenities at him, and he eventually pushed him backward, causing him to fall. He told police he believed Leroy hit his head off the wall or stair climber. According to the criminal complaint, Thomas was scared when he saw Leroy was not breathing. He told police he put his body in a travel duffel and put him in the back of a car and dumped Leroy’s body under the semi-trailer, which is near the home.A preliminary hearing is set for March 13.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

A man has been charged with homicide after police say he hid a body under an 18-wheeler in the city’s Carrick neighborhood.

Steven Thomas, 52, of Georgia, is charged with criminal homicide, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

According to the criminal complaint, Allegheny County dispatchers received a call around 8:30 p.m. on March 2 for a deceased person under an 18-wheeler behind Shop ‘n Save on Brownsville Road.

“Now that Shop ‘n Save is closed, there’s not a lot of traffic like there used to, but I never expected something like that,” said Donna Barkus, a manager at the nearby Tobacco Outlet store. “It’s just very shocking to see. It’s, like, right next door to us.”

According to the criminal complaint, the county medical examiner used a medical device implanted in the victim’s chest to identify him to police as Vaughan Leroy. The doctor performing the autopsy said he died from blunt force trauma to the back of his head.

Court documents show police went to Leroy’s home where they spoke to his wife and her brother, Thomas. Both Thomas and the wife said they had not seen Leroy since Feb. 27.

Court documents reveal Thomas admitted to having a confrontation with Leroy inside the home on Feb. 27. Thomas said Leroy was standing in the living room yelling obscenities at him, and he eventually pushed him backward, causing him to fall. He told police he believed Leroy hit his head off the wall or stair climber.

According to the criminal complaint, Thomas was scared when he saw Leroy was not breathing. He told police he put his body in a travel duffel and put him in the back of a car and dumped Leroy’s body under the semi-trailer, which is near the home.

A preliminary hearing is set for March 13.

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