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ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) -- An Altoona man is under arrest after police say he admitted to killing a neighbor and then living with the corpse for three days until police were called by another neighbor about a burglary.
According to Altoona police, they were called to an apartment building on 8th Avenue April 26 around 3:49 p.m. where 51-year-old Raymond Oechsle Jr. was living. A robbery was reported by one of his neighbors. Through the investigation, Oechsle allegedly told police he stabbed another neighbor to death three days prior -- around 4 a.m. on April 23 -- the criminal complaint reads.
Police said they were first called to the building earlier on April 26 for a welfare check on Christopher Helsel after it was reported he didn't show up for work for a few days and no one could reach him. Police were unable to make contact with Helsel.
They responded back to the building for the active burglary involving Oechsle, who had already fled by the time police arrived.
While attempting to make contact with Oechsle, police noticed his door looked like it was recently damaged, looking like someone tried breaking in.
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