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.
Some people never learn......................
Agreed. Especially confusing considering the mover, witness, and Eberly are all the same person—but written almost as if they are three different people.
…And I still got it wrong!
Probably been collecting the victims welfare for a while.
Interesting way to phrase that....
Well, I’d say ‘used to belong’..............😏
Poorly-written story. It appears that the corpse was never in the back of the truck. So why does Eberley call for the mover and fail to hide the body so that the mover won’t see it?
[snip] The furniture mover told the Harris County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) that Steven Eberly, the suspect, hired him to move furniture at his home... [who] allegedly "observed a deceased individual in the boxes he was instructed to help move." ...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... The HCSO said a caller reported an alleged hit-and-run which police suspect was the truck crashing into another vehicle... Eberly allegedly fled the scene on foot but was later arrested, briefly hospitalized for an injury and charged with murder and evidence tampering... 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. [/snip]
Daily Caller should hire someone who can actually write a coherent story in the English language.
“The body belonged to ...” is an odd way to put it. Was he a museum curator, or the deceased?
He was the renter.............
Body belonged to Luis Silva Mendez, a contractor.
The things people do not to pay their bill.
Contractors are always late.
This one is the late Luis Silva Mendez..............
And the take the lawn more too.
I wonder where he is from?
I was just going to say it’s the most convoluted narrative I’ve ever seen.
I was not demeaning the contractor. The “service” I referred to was possibly a sexual advance which was rebuffed.
The number of stab wounds would perhaps argue for that.
If the "contractor" was a hooker your viewpoint would be more likely.
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