In the late summer of 2022, the life of Mary Jane Deel, a 46-year-old Caucasian woman from Huntington, West Virginia, was tragically cut short. Remembered as a cashier for Goodwill Industries, her life came to a violent end on September 7, 2022.
Authorities were led to a wooded area near railroad tracks in Huntington, where they made a grim discovery. The body of Mary Jane Deel was found, and it was evident that her death was a homicide.
The investigation into her death quickly launched, sending ripples of concern through the community.
Within a week, the Huntington Police Department made an arrest in connection with the murder. The suspect was identified as Peter von Mosden III. According to the criminal complaint, von Mosden allegedly shot Deel in the head with a shotgun inside a residence. It is further alleged that he attempted to clean up the evidence of the crime before moving her body to the wooded area where she was ultimately found and had been set on fire.
Peter von Mosden III was subsequently charged with first-degree murder and concealing a body. At his arraignment, he appeared agitated but did not comment on the allegations against him. The case against him is pending in the court system.
