By Kelsey Givens
One man is in custody after allegedly admitting to Nye County Sheriff’s deputies that he killed his neighbor after the man reportedly chased him around his trailer with a knife.
Peter J. Helfrich, 37, was arrested Thursday morning around 11:04 a.m. on charges of involuntary manslaughter and destroying/concealing evidence after police were dispatched to a trailer located at the Waterhole RV Park on Fifth and East streets.
According to a declaration of arrest in the case, officers were called to the location around 7:50 a.m. for a report of a suicide threat, at which time they made contact with Helfrich.
Helfrich was reportedly crying when deputies found him and told police he “didn’t want to live because he had done a terrible thing.”
Upon further investigation, Helfrich told the officers he and his neighbor, whose name has not yet been released to the public pending notification of next of kin, began drinking the day before around 10 a.m.
After several hours of consuming alcohol, Helfrich said the neighbor then proceeded to tell him there was a “hit” out on Helfrich’s life, and that he planned to kill him for money.
The neighbor then allegedly picked up his hunting knife and began chasing Helfrich around his trailer with it, as Helfrich said he tried twice to subdue the man.
After failing to stop him, Helfrich said he picked up a metal baseball bat and hit his neighbor in the side of the head.
The man subsequently fell to the ground, at which time Helfrich said he and his girlfriend, Silvia Castillo, took the body about seven miles east of the trailer where the crime occurred to Basin Avenue and Wheeler Pass Road.
After telling officers what he had done, Helfrich took them to his trailer in the desert off Basin Avenue about two miles east of the county’s special training yard on Mesquite, where police were able to locate the murder weapon.
The victim’s body was later found by search and rescue teams near Basin Avenue and Wheeler Pass Road inside Clark County.
Helfrich was placed under arrest for his neighbor’s death and transported without incident to the Nye County Detention Center to be booked into custody.
Further investigation into the slaying continued well into the afternoon at two separate crime scenes involved in the case.
Capt. Bill Becht said the scenes were the trailer where the alleged murder happened as well as the area where the body had been dumped.
According to Becht, Helfrich took the body over the county line into Clark County and agencies there were contacted to help with the investigation.
“As far as my detective has told me, the suspect called and said I got in a fight with this guy, things got out of control and I ended it,” he said. “The body was disposed of in Clark County so they have been called in for the investigation as far as the body. Search and rescue was called out in response to a report from the suspect, who said he dumped the body somewhere up near Wheeler Road and search and rescue located the body.”
The investigation into the man’s death remains ongoing.
This is not the first time Helfrich has reportedly come into contact with NCSO.
He was convicted previously of a charge of domestic battery, which he is currently trying to have overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court.
Helfrich has also been very vocal about the injustices he feels those in the local criminal justice system perpetuate against Pahrump citizens, even taking to his blog to write about his experiences and post documents from local court cases.
He has even gone as far as to try to vilify a specific NCSO detective and public defender by creating images of the two on his blog holding pistols to their heads.
In October, Helfrich and several others filed a massive class action lawsuit against the Nevada State Bar, Nevada Attorney General, Nye County District Attorney Brian Kunzi and deputy DAs, Nye County Public Defender’s Office, former Justice of the Peace Tina Brisebill, Justice of the Peace Kent Jasperson, District Judge Kimberly Wanker, District Judge Robert Lane and Sheriff Tony DeMeo over what they claim is mistreatment by their court-appointed attorneys.
As of Thursday afternoon, Helfrich remained in custody at the local detention center and had not yet had his first appearance in Pahrump Justice Court on the charges. Helfrich’s bail amount was not available by press time.
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- Horace Langford Jr. / Pahrump Valley Times – Police worked a crime scene at this makeshift home on Thursday after a man called 911 to say he killed an intruder with a baseball bat.
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- Peter Helfrich
There’s more to this story than just a man pulls out a knife and gets killed in self defense.
All this comes on the heels of litigation Peter has had against Parhump Jail and even a Nye County Sheriff’s deputy.
This is not just a case of a deranged guy living in a trailer. It’s about a man who got sick in the Parhump Jail which had a mold problem that led to Peter and many others having trouble breathing and getting no medical attention for it.
That article used to be posted here, it was one of this papers stories. The HTML for the article is below. however it’s gone. I strongly encourage this paper to get that story back online.
http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2009/Jan-16-Fri-2009/news/26321099.html
Another article of this is posted here:
http://www.mold-help.org/content/view/808/
Peter states on his facebook that he was being harassed by officers in retaliation for his litigation against the state after the mold sickness was disabling to him. So much so that part of the reactions many people have is MCS or Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and there are dozens of mold victims moving to the open free fresh air to get away from any chemicals because they’re so irritating.
There’s more to this story that I can’t disclose yet, but I highly encourage you guys to cover information regarding his frequent postings of officers BY NAME who have frequently harassed him, and cover the actual litigation he has pending.
Don’t just criminalize the guy because he’s “in a trailer” and don’t assume he’s just some nut that lives like that because he’s delusional.
But consider what it’s like when the people making threats against you are the same ones you have to report your “stand your ground” case to knowing you’re at their mercy.
If you’re going to cover this case then cover all the points of it.
If you go to YouTube and search “Peter Helfrich” you will find several funny yet very sad videos. I particularly liked the court video of him asking the court to extend the restraining order.
Interesting to note that this is not the first time Mr. helfrich has asserted he became violent after being assaulted with a knife. A year prior Mr. Helfrich testified he beat up his girlfriend after she assaulted him with a knife in the school bus they live in.
Also interesting to note that that girlfriend, a Ms. Castillo is a person of interest in the current case. And she cannot be located by the NCSO.
One dead and one missing. The plot thickens.
If you go to YouTube and search “Silvia Castillo confession” you will find a series of interrogations by Peter which could only be described as mind-control.
Concentrate on Silvia’s face. She looks terrified.
This is the last recording I could find that Peter made. VERY STRONG LANGUAGE viewer discretion advised. But if you can stomach strong language it may help us to understand what was going on in his life the last few months.
http://youtu.be/zaP3pOnZHUs
January 25, 2013 from Stew Webb Federal Whistleblower/Activist
There is a lot more to this story than you have reported here:
Pete told several people for weeks that a Mexican had been trying to harm him.
This is obvious a self defense issue and he had not been drinking since 10am
but the person Pete claims came to him with the booze and reportedly to talk then after they had a couple of drinks together the person who died told Pete Helfrich I was hired to kill you for money and then had tried to stab Peter Helfrich and in self defense Peter Helfrich responded with a baseball bat.
Questions should be who hired the dead man?
Question who are Peter Helfrich enemies there in Pahrump, Nevada?
Who did Peter Helfrich sue the NYE County Officials?
I understand that the current Public Pretenders have been raping the public and the US Government funding for that NYE County Office and they recently filed Bankrupts.
Question why did this U.S. District Court Judge in Las Vegas uphold the suit by Peter Heifrich and 17 others in a class action False Claims that the Plaintiffs could proceed and reserve the right for the US Attorney in Las Vegas to bring charges from his office.
Apparently the Judge and US Attorney felt that Peter Helfrich and the 17 other Plaintiffs have a solid case against NYE County Pahrump, Nevada Officials.
The link below is the order signed by the US District Court Judge in Las Vegas on October 18, 2012.
If I were the Police and not corrupt I would be asking a simple question?
Who hired this guy to come and talk with booze and did that dead person drug Peter Helfrich and then try and attack with intent to kill Peter Helfrich as Pete claims?
A lot of questions will be answer in these charges against Peter.
Myself a Nationally Known Federal Whistleblower and Activist and many others including US Intelligence Officers friend of mine will be monitoring this entire situation.
COURT ORDER:
Peter J. Helfrich and 17 others Class Action False Claims vs. NYE County Officials order by U.S. District Court Judge Las Vegas to continue the case against NYE County Officials
http://www.stewwebb.com/PeterHelfrich_ClassAction_v_NYECounty_USJudges_Order_20121018.pdf
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The above was posted in the comment section were this story appeared today regarding Pete Helfrich
Let us see if the comment is allowed on the PVtime.com website:
Man tells police he killed neighbor
http://pvtimes.com/news/man-tells-police-he-killed-neighbor/
The above was posted in the comment section were this story appeared today regarding Pete Helfrich
Let us see if the comment is allowed on the PVtime.com website:
Man tells police he killed neighbor
http://pvtimes.com/news/man-tells-police-he-killed-neighbor/
Don’t know anymore about this case than what has been reported in the press. But, I am curious, if he was acting in self defense, why did he take to body to a wilderness area in the hopes the coyoties would eat it?
based on the youtube videos i’ve seen of this guy, the suit he filed that said he ended up with mercury poisoning from a dentist & the odd radio conspiracy theory radio show i listened to where peter was a guest…my opinion is peter is not quite stable. i’m not saying the victim didn’t try to kill peter; i’m not saying a fight didn’t happen; i’m not saying this was/was not self defense. all i’m saying is peter has a colorful history & the majority of his claims in the past have been false. it’s obvious peter is not your normal guy & needs different attention than others that are in jail.
Well whoever you R, cre8lite my comment on your conclusion of my nephew who I’m sorry I hate 2 admit to listened to yet another finding about something that causes poisioning, dentists have been filling teeth with this mercury base filling 4 yrs, mine included plus millions more around the US, guess we should file lawsuits too!! this is just another way 4 him to voice, complain & get what he cqan out of the government!! Free!! jUST LIKE IN ONE OF HIS BLOBS I read last nite he’s been doing this for years just to get everything hes ever done paid for so he doesnt have to. He talkes about everyone else harshly & with the worst language possible jsut to gratify himself. He’s been a product of his mother since hes been born with no disipline ever, had everything given to him by his acholic mother and takes right after her (god rest her sole)!! He’s painted a rotten picture of his father (my brother who would give the shirt off his back to anyone in need) & has bailed him out of alot of things over the years, said he was a drug dealer as he (peter was)yea maybe he smokes marijuna but it was better than being on precription drugs or street drugs of any kind like his mother and son. I at one time took him in as he had no place to go, one day he stole my car got my daughter involved just to take his girlfriend home. then just left my car in the small town we lived!! He also wrote a obsene and untruthful words about me all over facebook that I didnt deserve what so ever for the whole world to see!! This mess doesn’t surprise me ne bit, hes had a bad temper and violent for most of his life as will say and do anything to save his a**!! I wish I could find that one blob I read last night confirming his ha ha I can get away with anything. Well I hope this time he gets just what he deserves either lifetime loony bin or locked up 4 the rest of his life so that he cant harm or abuse anyone else!! You cant believe a word he says!!
Hi Terriferg, I’m sorry your related to Pete. I knew Pete several years ago back in Rochester. He’s finally getting what is long over due to him. He’s lucky he didn’t get his @$$ beat back in Rochester by myself and a few other people when he made threats among many other childish things.
When, OH WHEN are we going to outlaw aluminum bats and take them out of the hands of the deranged? Oh the humanity….!!!
So the FEDeral court has spoken. If he had to go to such an extreme I wouldn’t blame him for a bit of paranoia.
In 2011 Bats and Hammers killed 167 more people than guns. We need to outlaw assault Bats and Hammers. We could save hundreds of Americans from injury and death.
I think Barney and You Know Who have a valid points. I would, however, lean more towards limiting bat length to 10 inches. Each bat must be tagged and registered. Any bats found to be in excess of 10 inches, would be confiscated and criminal penalties established.
Could we at least have them as long as a Subway Foot long Sandwich?
It is enlightening to read comments like this. It sounds like the PVT reporter who wrote up the article needs to do some more digging. There might be a much bigger story here than the article suggests.