I'm certain students may process this tragic information differently. School counselors, staff and administrators are here to help, should you need it. We know that this may be a difficult time for those of you who have relationships with the Beck family. At this time, our thoughts and sympathies are with Mr. 'As you may have seen or heard from local news agencies this evening, the District has received news of the tragic loss of Miriam (Tonee) Beck, former School Nurse who worked at Lower Moreland High School from 1998 to 2018, and mother of current LMHS faculty member, Mr.

The school district released a statement about her following the incident: Miriam Beck worked as a school nurse at Lower Moreland High School for 20 years. Verity Beck allegedly replied: 'They are dead.' When officers entered the residence and called out for Verity Beck, she appeared in the kitchen.Īccording to court documents, police asked, 'Where are your parents?' 'This is somebody that is disremembering her mother and father and putting body parts in trash cans, so clearly she's trying to get rid of the evidence,' he added. 'Both Reid and Miriam were found in different stages of dismemberment, and that was one of the reasons that it's taken the time today for us because these were not easy autopsies to conduct.' 'There were signs of extreme trauma, and I'll tell you that the chainsaw was found,' Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said.

Investigators say an autopsy showed that both her parents were shot once in the head.

Beck, 43, was hit with first and third-degree murder charges for allegedly killing her mother and father, Reid and Miriam Beck.ĭetectives allege Verity Beck shot her 72-year-old mother and 73-year-old father and then used an electric chainsaw to dismember the remains. (CBS) - A woman has been arrested in connection to brutally killing both of her parents inside an Abington Township home, authorities said Wednesday. Daughter charged with killing parents in Abington Township 02:20ĪBINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa.

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