A homeless man is in custody and facing a first-degree murder charge after another man's body was found in a trash can on the Schuylkill River Trail in Norristown this week, officials said Saturday.

Felix Santos-Colon Jr., 46, is being held without bail in the killing of 44-year-old Oscar Traviezo-Tercero, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's office said in a news release.

Detectives who authored a criminal complaint identified Traviezo-Tercero as "a Mexican national currently unhoused and living in the Norristown area."

Traviezo-Tercero's body was discovered in a trash can on the trail late on the night of Monday, Nov. 10. A citizen called 911 after seeing the can in the brush and smelled a foul odor. Responding officers then located the body and several bicycle parts

See Full Page