Posted on 05/21/2025 9:42:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Houston resident reportedly chased a furniture mover he had hired to move a box containing a corpse Friday, leading to a road crash that left the resident injured and in police custody, authorities said.
The furniture mover told the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) that Steven Eberly, the suspect, hired him to move furniture at his home, according to a statement published Sunday by HCSO Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
The furniture mover allegedly “observed a deceased individual in the boxes he was instructed to help move.” He then fled the residence in the Eberly’s truck with the suspect in its bed, according to law enforcement.
Eberly allegedly leaped onto the back of the truck as the mover tried to drive off and began to smash the truck’s windows in a bid to halt the mover, Click2Houston reported. The alleged murderer is 36 years old. The truck then struck another vehicle, according to the HCSO.
A caller alerted authorities after spotting Eberly bleeding from the head, USA Today reported, citing police. The HCSO said a caller reported an alleged hit-and-run which police suspect was the truck crashing into another vehicle, according to Click2Houston.
Eberly allegedly fled the scene on foot but was later arrested, briefly hospitalized for an injury and charged with murder and evidence tampering, the outlet reported.
Police questioned the witness who said he was the mover but they reportedly might not charge him. Authorities allegedly found the corpse wrapped in a blanket in Eberly’s home where the furniture mover reported the matter to the police, according to Click2Houston.
Police said the body belonged to Luis Silva Mendez, a contractor. Mendez’s body bore multiple stab wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.
Carrion Luggage Ping!...........................
This was either written by AI or by someone with a head injury.
that’s tacky. (Then again, if a Texas man had been chasing down an illegal mower, then the corpse would have been easily bagged and tagged. )
Friends help you move. Good friends help you move bodies.
I’d charge double for bodies.................
Head injury, clearly.
So why did the mover flee the scene in the suspect’s truck?
Dead man does not count as furniture
Dittoes.
Daily Fail mangles words like Kamal Harris.
Bet ya he didn't install the shower head.
It was artwork....................
Clazy,....5150
Absolutely Clazy!
More than likely the contractor was hired on the pretense of a job to kill him or the perp asked for “service” and the contractor refused.
Eberly looks like your typical democrat cannibal, looking to hire Mendez as food source.
The problem with democrat cannibals is they eventually run out of people to eat.
I’m confused as to why they even considered charges against the mover.
He saw a body and fled.
I suppose he “stole” the truck and caused a wreck, but that’s pretty damn reasonable response, if poor execution.
That is not the way to bet.
It probably had the keys in it............
The dummy.
When I call the movers, I have them move everything EXCEPT the box with the body.
I move that one myself.
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