Sports · Victory Soccer ClubTeen Soccer Star Found in Jeep Hatch — Boyfriend Blames Demon, Mom Charged in Cover-UpAired August 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00An 18-year-old soccer freshman was found0:02stabbed in her Jeep's hatch. She had0:04just signed to play college soccer. Now0:06her boyfriend and his own mother sit in0:08the same county jail held without bail0:10on homicide and cover-up charges. Did a0:12demon drive the killing or will evidence0:14of gloves, disinfectant, and a dumped0:16Jeep decide what happened?0:18Caroline Heintz was 18, [music] a Peters0:20Township high school graduate who signed0:22a national letter of intent for Penn0:23West California. She played for PA West0:26Soccer ODP, [music] refereed for 30:28years, and captained her Victory Soccer0:30Club team as number 57. Police say her0:32father found her only because an AirTag0:34kept [music] pinging after she stopped0:35answering. The conversation turned0:37south. What happened next was captured0:39[music] not by the knife, but by a0:40neighbor's camera an hour before police0:42lit up the lot where the Jeep was left.0:44Investigators say Moser [music] told0:46them he became angry at something she0:47said he could not remember. That a demon0:50took over and told him to stab [music]0:51Caroline that he said, "Wait, I have0:53something for you." Went inside for a0:55large kitchen knife, came back and0:56stabbed her in the chest. She [music]0:58fell from the vehicle and he dragged her1:00to the hatch and got behind the wheel.1:01The map collapses the night, a driveway1:04in North Strabane where police say the1:05stabbing happened, a garage in1:07Beallsville where the cleanup is alleged1:09to have happened, and a parking lot near1:10a library in California where1:12surveillance shows the Jeep reappeared,1:14both drivers in gloves. Blood spatter1:16was logged through the front driver1:17side, the exterior driver side, the rear1:20hatch, and the hatch compartment [music]1:21with fresh grass on the body and on her1:23mouth. Police allege she pulled the Jeep1:25into her garage in Beallsville, handed1:27him blue latex gloves she said were from1:29dog cleanup, sprayed disinfectant,1:30[music]1:31wiped blood, washed his clothes, told1:32him to shower, and bagged the knife for1:34the trash outside. Surveillance shows1:36Moser driving Heintz's Jeep in latex1:39gloves. Rachel also gloved as they drove1:41separately to dump it near the library1:43before driving back together around an1:45hour after Bender's video. Washington1:47County filed homicide and evidence1:49charges against the 18-year-old1:50boyfriend and hindering apprehension and1:52the same evidence [music] and corpse1:53abuse counts against his mother. Trooper1:55Rocco Gagliardi is cited on the1:57affidavits. No bail, no plea [music]1:59ruling, no comprehensive autopsy beyond2:02stabbed in the chest has been released.2:03The knife was recovered in a trash bag.2:05Preliminary hearings are set for later2:07in [music] August. Penn West California2:09said it is heartbroken. The incident2:11happened off campus. It is cooperating2:13and offering [music] counseling. Victory2:15Soccer Club and PA West Soccer mourned2:17their captain as beautiful, loyal,2:19caring, and kind. [music]2:20A candlelight prayer vigil is set for2:21Sunday at 6:00 p.m. At Trinity United2:24Methodist Church in McMurray through2:25Central Highlands Community United2:27Methodist Church.2:28>> [music]2:28>> And a GoFundMe is raising money for a2:29scholarship and domestic violence2:31prevention. What remains for court is2:33motive beyond that demon [music] phrase.2:35Any verified mental health history, full2:38autopsy detail, and forensic tests on2:40blood, DNA, clothing, [music]2:42disinfectant, and the AirTag and2:44surveillance video. The facts that put2:45two people in jail without bail tonight2:47are the hatch, the gloves, the spray,2:49and the bag.2:50Like and follow for more stories that2:52matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗