Justin Mohn | Conspiracy Theorist Shows Father's Head During "Call to Arms"

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[00:00:38] This is True Crime Psychology and Personality where we discuss the pathology behind some of

[00:00:44] the most horrific crimes and those who committed them from a scientifically informed perspective.

[00:00:50] I'm Dr. Todd Grande, I have a Ph.D. in Councilor Education and Supervision and I'm a licensed

[00:00:57] professional counselor of Mental Health. Dr. Todd Grande, that's my YouTube channel.

[00:01:02] Today's question is can I analyze the case of Justin Mone? First I'll look at the background

[00:01:08] of this case, move to the timeline of the alleged crime then offer my analysis. Justin Mone

[00:01:14] was born on November 4, 1991 and lived in Levittown, Pennsylvania. This is about 30 minutes northeast

[00:01:21] of Philadelphia. He was raised by his parents Michael and Denise, he had an older sister

[00:01:26] who was born in 1986 and an older brother who was born in 1989. In 2010 Justin graduated

[00:01:34] from high school, his accomplishments there included being nominated as the runner-up for

[00:01:40] class clown. After high school Justin attended Penn State University, in 2014 he graduated with

[00:01:47] a bachelor's degree in Agribusiness Management. In 2015 Justin moved to Colorado, he worked

[00:01:55] for a credit union in Colorado Springs before finding a better paying job with progressive

[00:02:01] insurance in October of 2016. In August of 2017 he was fired from that company after allegedly

[00:02:09] kicking open a door. Justin moved back to Pennsylvania and lived with his parents and their

[00:02:15] house on upper Orchard Drive in Levittown. He worked for a company in Philadelphia and 2023

[00:02:22] that company called the police looking for advice on how to fire Justin because they were concerned

[00:02:29] about his behavior and about his writings. Now moving to the timeline of the alleged crime,

[00:02:35] on January 29, 2024 Justin purchased a six-hour nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. He had

[00:02:44] to surrender his medical marijuana card in order to legally complete this transaction. On the

[00:02:50] next day, January 30, at 6.59 pm, the police responded to the Mone Family Residence after receiving

[00:02:57] a call from Justin's mother Denise. She had found the body of Justin's father Michael in

[00:03:04] a bathroom on the first floor. When the police arrived at the scene they discovered that Michael

[00:03:09] had been to capitate it. An autopsy later revealed that the cause of death was being shot in the

[00:03:16] head one time. A machete and a large kitchen knife were found in the bathtub, not far from Michael's

[00:03:23] body. A cooking pot was found inside of a bedroom next to the bathroom. It contained Michael's head.

[00:03:30] In a different first floor bedroom, the police found rubber gloves that had what appeared to be

[00:03:36] blood on them. The police spoke to Denise. She told them that she left the house at about 2 pm.

[00:03:42] At that time, the only people in the house were Michael and Justin. When she arrived home,

[00:03:48] she found that Michael's Toyota Croll was missing. The front door was unlocked and her son Justin

[00:03:55] was not there. Investigators became aware that Justin had posted a video on YouTube at about 5 pm.

[00:04:02] The video was titled Moan's militia, called to arms for American patriots. It was 14 minutes and 35

[00:04:09] seconds. In the video Justin spoke directly to the camera about his father. At one point,

[00:04:16] Justin picked up Michael's head and displayed it in front of the camera. He said quote,

[00:04:22] This is the head of Mike Moan, a federal employee of over 20 years and my father. He is now in

[00:04:29] hell for eternity as a traitor to his country. Justin can be seen wearing rubber gloves,

[00:04:35] which matched the rubber gloves down in the house. The police were interested in finding Justin,

[00:04:41] mostly because of the murder part. Fortunately, it did not take long for Justin to be located.

[00:04:46] He drove his father's Toyota Croll to Fort Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania. This is about 2 hours

[00:04:53] west of Levittown. Justin drove through barricades at a Pennsylvania National Guard training center,

[00:05:00] exited the vehicle and climbed a barbed wire fence. The police were able to find Justin by tracking

[00:05:06] his cell phone. At 9.25 pm he was arrested without incident. At the time of his arrest,

[00:05:13] Justin was carrying a 9mm pistol that appeared to be missing one cartridge.

[00:05:19] Justin Moan was charged with first degree murder, abusing a corpse, and possession of instruments

[00:05:25] of crime. I'm moving to my analysis. Here are my thoughts on a few areas that stood out to me in this

[00:05:30] case. Item number one. Justin had a history of filing lawsuits that were frivolous, bizarre,

[00:05:37] and revealed anti-government sentiment. He sued the federal government three times, complaining

[00:05:43] that they, quote, negligently and fraudulently, induced him to borrow money to pay for his education

[00:05:49] without sufficiently warning him of the possibility that he would face a difficult job market

[00:05:55] and could be unable to pay back his loan. In 2017, Justin sued progressive insurance.

[00:06:02] He claimed that he was discriminated against for being male, overeducated, overqualified,

[00:06:08] and intelligent. The lawsuit was dismissed after a judge had no evidence of discrimination.

[00:06:15] It sounds like Justin wanted to blame everyone else for his perceived failures.

[00:06:20] Item number two. Justin Moan did not have a history of mental illness. When Justin was in high

[00:06:25] school, his classmates described him as immature but said that eventually he became overconfident.

[00:06:32] In college, Justin started talking about bizarre conspiracy theories, including those involving

[00:06:37] the government. In his neighborhood, Justin wasn't exactly popular. He was described as someone who

[00:06:43] would walk around the development and behave in an odd manner. For example, sometimes he would sit

[00:06:49] on a manhole cover in a park and stare at a house. Despite perceiving him as unusual, no one believed

[00:06:55] that Justin was dangerous. Item number three. Justin listed self-published books for sale on Amazon.

[00:07:03] One book titled The Revolution Leaders Survival Guide featured the world on the

[00:07:08] brink of a golden age of world peace and space colonization, or a second dark age. Justin had

[00:07:15] a book that was loosely based on his life titled The Second Messiah King of Earth.

[00:07:21] A book titled The Kingdom of Darkness talked about how Satan was planning on taking over

[00:07:26] the universe using technology. This book was set in the 2040s after human beings colonized other

[00:07:33] planets. In Justin's book titled America's Coming Bloody Revolution, he demanded that Americans

[00:07:39] kill their own family members, bosses, evicted leaders, judges, co-workers and teachers.

[00:07:46] He argued that people born in 1991, the same year that he was born, or born after that, should

[00:07:53] carry out this bloody revolution. In addition to advocating for homicide, Justin was Aegist.

[00:08:00] Some of Justin's other book titles were The Punishing, Dark Ages of the Future, Homes I

[00:08:06] Wrote While Stoned, and They Will Burn This Book. In his Amazon profile, Justin wrote quote,

[00:08:13] His life story is unbelievable and there may not be enough words to describe him,

[00:08:18] but one may begin to understand his complexity and experiences through his art. He only wishes

[00:08:25] to bring positive changes to the world, unquote. Justin wasn't only someone who wrote what he

[00:08:30] referred to his books, he also wrote what he referred to as music. On Spotify, he uploaded multiple

[00:08:37] albums containing music with apocalyptic themes. There were five regular listeners to his music.

[00:08:44] This is probably less success than he envisioned, but certainly more than he deserved.

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[00:10:39] Item number four. In the video that Justin uploaded to YouTube on the day of the killing,

[00:10:44] he once again encouraged violence against government officials.

[00:10:48] He claimed that he was the commander of a national militia network

[00:10:51] and ordered militia members to attack and kill government employees.

[00:10:56] He even revealed a home address of a federal judge

[00:10:59] and placed a bounty on several high ranking federal officials.

[00:11:04] Justin criticized President Joe Biden,

[00:11:06] the LGBT community and the Black Lives Matter movement.

[00:11:11] Now moving to item number five.

[00:11:13] What do I think happened in this case?

[00:11:15] This is just a theory my opinion.

[00:11:17] Justin Mone appeared to be paranoid

[00:11:19] and embraced conspiracy theories.

[00:11:22] Essential component of his belief system was his anti-government position.

[00:11:26] He saw the government as a threat to freedom and safety.

[00:11:30] In addition to being paranoid,

[00:11:31] Justin had several narcissistic characteristics including self-centeredness,

[00:11:35] a sense of entitlement, arrogance, overconfidence,

[00:11:39] a belief that he was special and grandiosity.

[00:11:42] In his mind, he was the most important person

[00:11:45] whoever lived.

[00:11:46] Justin's experiences in life did not match his inflated self view.

[00:11:50] For example, he failed to maintain steady employment

[00:11:53] and had the settle for runner-up to class clown in high school.

[00:11:58] These failures created a conflict that Justin could not resolve

[00:12:02] because he refused to believe that he was the problem.

[00:12:05] Not surprisingly, this led Justin to view the rest of the world as evil,

[00:12:09] corrupt and out to get him.

[00:12:12] Every struggle that he had was because others would not recognize his greatness

[00:12:16] and respect him.

[00:12:18] His next step was a bold move to validate his feelings of self-worth.

[00:12:23] On January 30, 2024, he launched his revolution by mobilizing his non-existent militia.

[00:12:29] His father Michael had retired from his job as a federal employee

[00:12:32] with the US Army Corps of Engineers,

[00:12:35] so naturally Justin looked at Michael as an enemy.

[00:12:38] Killing his father demonstrated that Justin was ready to follow his own advice.

[00:12:43] It proved his high level of commitment.

[00:12:46] There was no turning back. He was ready for the apocalypse.

[00:12:49] After allegedly committing the murder, Justin drove to the National Guard Training Center

[00:12:54] to continue his attack.

[00:12:56] The Bucks County District Attorney claimed that Justin was acting with a clear mind

[00:13:00] when he allegedly killed his father, but I'm not sure this statement is accurate.

[00:13:05] Justin may have been suffering from paranoid delusions at the time of the killing.

[00:13:09] I would not be surprised if his defense prominently featured the argument that he was psychotic.

[00:13:15] Considering he uploaded a video featuring his father's head,

[00:13:19] Justin is facing an uphill legal battle.

[00:13:21] It's not like he can argue that he found his father in that condition and just decided to make a video.

[00:13:27] Some type of defense based on insanity is the only hope Justin has of escaping responsibility.

[00:13:34] Justin would have a better chance of selling one of his so-called books

[00:13:37] than being successful with this tactic,

[00:13:40] but he did manifest symptoms of paranoia for many years before the killing.

[00:13:44] He was heavily invested in conspiracy theories for a long time.

[00:13:48] This, combined with the bizarre nature of his crime,

[00:13:51] may give him a chance of spending his life at a mental health facility

[00:13:56] as opposed to spending his life in prison.

[00:13:59] Now moving to my final thoughts.

[00:14:01] Conspiratory thinking is extremely common all over the world.

[00:14:04] It is an epidemic that doesn't have a clear solution.

[00:14:08] The content of most conspiracy theories involves some type of threat to humanity.

[00:14:13] A person with these beliefs may try to run and hide from the threat

[00:14:17] or they may take an approach based on offense,

[00:14:20] like they want to strike first in order to protect themselves

[00:14:23] and the government.

[00:14:25] Conspiratory beliefs are amplified and transformed through the lens of narcissism.

[00:14:30] In the case of Justin Mowen,

[00:14:32] he was enamored with his own perceived greatness.

[00:14:35] Therefore, when he invested in conspiracy theories,

[00:14:38] he envisioned himself as a hero.

[00:14:41] He was the second Messiah and the King of Earth.

[00:14:45] His intent was to save humanity from the evil forces of the government.

[00:14:49] The higher purpose in his life was now being fulfilled.

[00:14:53] He was finally going to ascend to the throne.

[00:14:56] This case demonstrates how personality traits can combine to become particularly dangerous.

[00:15:01] Justin probably wasn't a threat just based on his conspiratorial thinking

[00:15:05] and paranoia.

[00:15:07] Similarly, he probably wasn't a threat based only on his narcissistic characteristics.

[00:15:12] However, when all these traits combined, it led to a perfect storm.

[00:15:17] Justin believed he could satisfy his paranoia and his need for greatness

[00:15:21] by rising up as a leader.

[00:15:23] A little bit of narcissism can be useful in certain circumstances.

[00:15:27] For example, it can help people to overcome inappropriate criticism,

[00:15:31] stand up for themselves, and be more competitive in various environments.

[00:15:36] A large amount of narcissism, however, is rarely useful.

[00:15:40] It can transform any personality trait, whether adaptive or maladaptive, into something undesirable.

[00:15:47] In extreme cases, it can even lead to unthinkable crimes.

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