This man just loved his dead wife so much...

[Dinner]

that he froze her body in his backyard freezer. Edwin Rowlette, a 75 year old man, from PHOENIX, Arizona said he wanted to have his wife cryogenically frozen but he didn't have the thousands of dollars it would take. So instead he curled her body into a ball and stuck her into a freezer in his backyard. Apparently one of the man's daughter's friends stumbled across the body in the freezer and called the police.

Authorities found Marcia Lynn Rowlette's body packed in dry ice and insulation and stored along with the bodies of ten dead cats. Rowlette told police he used the cats for research. Police are charging the man with felony charge of crimes against the dead.

I'd laugh but this is to sick.

[Boris Godunov]

I'd think he was just senile and doddery, except for the cats. That makes it all look sooooooooooo creepy.

[Japher]

Maybe he's a Taxidermist?

Man, I wonder how much it costs to keep a freezer running outside in Arizona?

[Dinner]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest/09/12/freezer.body.ap/index.html

I forgot the link.

[General Ludd]

Crimes against the dead?

[Whaleboy]

Crimes against the dead? I dread to think....

[Sava]

Crimes against the dead... what a crock that is...

[Dinner]

32-1364. Crimes against the dead; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person, without the authority of law or as normally required to store, prepare, disinfect or embalm a dead human body according to standards of practice in the funeral industry, to mutilate a dead human body.

B. It is unlawful for a person, without the authority of law, to disinter or remove a dead human body or any part of a dead human body from its sepulcher, grave or other interment site, or from the place where the body is awaiting disposition, with malice or wantonness or with the intent to sell or dissect the body.

C. It is unlawful for a person, without the authority of law, to obtain or convert property that is located with or affixed to a dead human body or any part of a dead human body with the intent to deprive the decedent or the decedent's estate of the property.

D. It is unlawful for a person to engage in necrophilia. A person engages in necrophilia by:

1. Having sexual intercourse with a dead human body.

2. Having sexual contact with a dead human body, other than the contact normally required to store, prepare, disinfect or embalm a dead human body according to standards of practice in the funeral industry.

E. For the purposes of subsection D:

1. "Sexual contact" means any direct or indirect touching, including oral contact, fondling or manipulating of any part of the genitals, anus or female breast by any part of the body or by any object.

2. "Sexual intercourse" means penetration into the vulva or anus by any part of the body or by any object or masturbatory contact with the penis or vulva.

F. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 4 felony.

[Japher]

He'll get off 'cause he's old... I can't wait until I am old, then maybe I too can get away with murder and other Felony's

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Jesus. Why charge the poor old sod? Hasn't he suffered enough?

[*End Is Forever*]

Amen Laz.

[Boris Godunov]

Before he gets off for anything I want to know what "research" he was planning for the cats, and if he also planned to "research" with the corpse of his dead wife.

[Bereta_Eder]

Twisted. Sad to see a man not able to let go.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Jesus. Why charge the poor old sod? Hasn't he suffered enough?

There's not much investigation of the situation that can be done without charging him. All that means is he's been booked, but it doesn't mean he'll actually be arraigned, let alone put on trial.

There is an issue regarding how he got possession of the body.

If it turns out he's just an obsessive old git with an emotional problem letting go, it's doubtful that he'd ever be formally arraigned, let alone tried. If there's more to it than that, it'd be nice to find out, though.

[Boris Godunov]

Frozen wife. Frozen cats. "Research." Come on, folks...