The U-Haul company logo is pictured on the side of a moving truck in Pleasant Hill, California, on Dec. 8, 2020. In Philadelphia, a dismembered body was discovered inside a trash bag in the back of a U-Haul on Feb. 11, 2021. (Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images)
A 47-year-old registered sex offender in Philadelphia was charged with burglary and abuse of a corpse after a dismembered body was found inside a U-Haul truck last week.
Taray Herring was arraigned Feb. 13 on those charges and criminal trespass, theft and tampering with evidence, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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The charges came after police officers responded to an in-progress burglary call at a house in the city on Feb. 11. Police followed a U-Haul that drove away from the property and pulled over the truck a short way down the road.
The driver immediately got out of the vehicle and