A 2025 bodycam footage reveals that Elijah Hemingway who killed Pittsburgh doctor Idris Evans told Florida police he was the reincarnation of King Tutankhamun.
Elijah Hemingway, the 32-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a Pittsburgh-area doctor inside his home, had previously made bizarre claims during an encounter with police in Florida, including telling officers that he was the reincarnation of ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun, according to body-camera footage obtained by WPXI and reported by the New York Post. Six of his 22 previous charges were connected to incidents involving police and a former girlfriend, according to authorities cited in the report. Allegheny County police said Hemingway entered Evans’ home through a rear window shortly after 12:30 am Thursday and attacked the couple while they were asleep. The couple’s two children, aged 8 and 12, were able to get out safely.
Hemingway told police, “I am King Tutankhamun,” while moving around the parking lot and jumping across vehicles, according to body-camera footage. Evans’ wife escaped to a neighbouring house to seek help, according to the criminal complaint. The Florida incident was among a series of encounters reflected in Hemingway’s criminal history. Police found Evans and his wife critically injured inside the home.
The earlier Florida incident reportedly took place in a Daytona-area parking lot.
Evans, 46, a pediatric critical care physician at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, later died from his injuries. Hemingway is accused of breaking into the Edgewood, Pennsylvania, home of Dr Idris Evans in the early hours of Thursday and attacking Evans and his wife while they were sleeping. His wife was critically injured.