Murder Charges After Body Found In Norristown Dumpster: Latest Updates

NORRISTOWN, PA — The homeless man who was found dead in a Norristown dumpster earlier this month was killed by another homeless man who had been seeking shelter in the same local car wash, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said.

Felix Santos-Colon Jr., 46, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of 44-year-old Oscar Traviezo-Tercero.

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Police had recently had contact with Traviezo-Tercero on Nov. 2, when he called police saying he was trying to protect a young woman, the DA said. The investigation revealed that the young woman was Santos-Colon's girlfriend, police said.

Details surrounding the incident remain unclear. Both Traviezo-Tercero and Santos-Colon were staying at the Global Gas car wash, authorities said. Surveillance footage found that the last time Traviezo-Tercero was seen alive was on Nov. 4, outside the car wash.

On Nov. 5, footage showed Santos-Colon leaving the property pulling a large trash can up a hill on the Schuykill River Trail, police said.

Santos-Colon then left the trash can on the trail, bought beer at a nearby shop on Main Street, and returned to Global Gas, according to authorities.

Traviezo-Tercero's body was found in the trash can five days later, on Monday, Nov. 10 at about 7 p.m. by a concerned citizen who noticed a foul smell, the DA said.

Traviezo-Tercero had suffered numerous fractures to the back of his skull, and the coroner determined he had died from blunt force trauma.

Santos-Colon was booked at Montgomery County Correctional Facility without bail.

A preliminary hearing is set for Nov. 21.