A man from Wisconsin killed and dismembered his parents after they found out that he was faking plans to move to Florida for a job.
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, prosecutors claim that the man in question was playing video games all day while telling his parents he was going to meetings.
Halderson shot his father and mother when he realized the ruse.
Halderson is accused of dismembering his parents' bodies and scattering their remains around the area after shooting them. He reported them missing a week later.
The young man is on trial, facing charges of hiding a corpse, and providing false information about a missing person.
It is an incredibly tragic story that is straight out of a horror movie, and it is also a grim illustration of the incredible cachet of SpaceX as an employer.
Halderson's defense claims that he didn't murder his parents. They say he was a kid who was into video games.
Halderson created fake paper trails to make it look like he was still in renewable energy engineering school before he was hired by SpaceX.
According to the Journal, the Dane County attorney said thathandler spun an amazing web of lies.
According to Rolling Stone, Halderson dropped out of school after a semester. He faked a head injury and a concussion to get a fake job at SpaceX.
The rest of the evidence is not good. The remains of a human skull were found in the Haldersons fireplace, as well as a bloody tarp, saw blades, and other cutting instruments.
Brown said at the trial that he burned his parents' heads in the fireplace.
The police recovered a rifle. Halderson wrote a list in the Notes app on his phone, including chemicals like hydrogen peroxide and lemon.
The trial is going to have more twists and turns as it goes on over the next three weeks.
A man is accused of faking a job offer and then dismembering his parents.
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