Georgia man charged after police say he hid a body under a trailer in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A fifty-two-year-old man from Statesboro, Georgia has been charged with homicide after police say he hid a body under an eighteen-wheeler in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The body was found on Monday behind the former Shop n’ Save store along Amanda Street at around 8:30 p.m. Court paperwork confirms Steven Thomas has been charged with abuse of a corpse, criminal homicide and tampering with evidence. Police stated in a criminal complaint that investigators determined that the man died of blunt force trauma to the head. Court documents also reveal Thomas admitted to having a confrontation with the victim inside his home on February 27th, 2026. Thomas said the victim was standing in the living room yelling obscenities at him, and he eventually pushed the victim backwards, causing him to fall. He told police he believed the victim hit his head off the wall or stair climber. According to the criminal complaint, Thomas was scared when he saw the victim was not breathing. He told police he put his body in a travel duffel and put him in the back of a car and dumped the body under the semi-trailer, which is near the home of the victim. The preliminary hearing for Thomas is set for March 13th, 2026.