woman may keep corpses if she builds crypt

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

WYALUSING, Pa. (AP) — A 91-year-old woman found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister will be allowed to keep them if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Jean Stevens has indicated through her attorney that she plans to build an aboveground vault on her property to store the bodies of James Stevens and June Stevens, according to Bradford County District Attorney Daniel Barrett.

"If she does that, the bodies will be released for that purpose," he said. "Otherwise they will be re-interred."

Stevens' attorney, Leslie Wizelman, did not immediately return phone messages left at her office.

Stevens previously told The Associated Press that she kept the embalmed remains of her loved ones because she wanted to be able to see them and talk to them. She also said she's claustrophobic and couldn't stand the thought of their bodies in caskets in the ground.

State police have been investigating the bizarre case since the corpses were discovered in mid-June. Authorities found the body of James Stevens on a couch in the detached garage and the body of June Stevens on a couch in a spare room off the bedroom.

Stevens had them dug up shortly after they died — James in 1999 and June in October — and tended to their remains at her rural property outside the northern Pennsylvania town of Wyalusing.

Barrett said a decision on charges could be made as early as Friday, after he meets with investigators.

He said authorities are looking into several possible violations, including misdemeanor abuse of a corpse. He also cited possible summary violations of the state health code, which regulates how bodies must be disinterred.

"There were some things done here that were not lawful," he said.

Police haven't said who retrieved the bodies.

i cant believe they're bothering this poor old woman with their stupid regulations. Just more of Obama's take over of freedom. How is she going to talk to them in a crypt and where is she going to get the money?

When did Americans stop being free?

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[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

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[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

When they died?

Yes.

/troll thread.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

i cant believe they're bothering this poor old woman with their stupid regulations. Just more of Obama's take over of freedom. How is she going to talk to them in a crypt and where is she going to get the money?
When did Americans stop being free?

First ) This poor old woman obviously needs to be commited. She is crazy, irational and loony.

Second ) Laws are laws, just because she is old doesnt mean she is excluded.

Third ) Where she gets money to build a dam cript is no ones business but hers, if her crazy old *** wants to then thats up to her but if she wants those bodies there then she better start building.

Fourth ) When did americans breaking the law inflict with americans being free.

Now next time you try to troll. Dont be ignorant about it, you used to be better at this.

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Wow. Serious thread with serious issues has been derailed by whisleblowers blowing about nothing. lol

lulz, wut ?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

First ) This poor old woman obviously needs to be commited. She is crazy, irational and loony.

sanity is relative

Second ) Laws are laws, just because she is old doesnt mean she is excluded.

Government is only legitimate with the consent of the governed and we ought not follow unjust laws.

Third ) Where she gets money to build a dam cript is no ones business but hers, if her crazy old *** wants to then thats up to her but if she wants those bodies there then she better start building

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it is the business of the out of control government forcing her to build one.

Fourth ) When did americans breaking the law inflict with americans being free.

She isnt free to pay respects to her deceased loved ones in the manner she sees fit. They are stealing her freedom and forcing her to get healthcare.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Take the blue pill and see how deep the troll hole goes...

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Take the blue pill and see how deep the troll hole goes...

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

sanity is relative


Government is only legitimate with the consent of the governed and we ought not follow unjust laws.

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it is the business of the out of control government forcing her to build one.

She isnt free to pay respects to her deceased loved ones in the manner she sees fit. They are stealing her freedom and forcing her to get healthcare.

Sanity is not necessarily relative. The amount of sanity can be, but no one can argue that keep bodies in your house to talk to is sane. End of story.

If the laws were unjust then it would be an issue at re-election, but no one will argue that laws against keeping bodies in their house is unjust because its not. Its a health issue. If she does not agree with these laws then she needs to take it up with her local senator/house member/governer.

They are not forcing her to build one, if she wants to keep the bodies at her house then she has to build one, if not then cremate them or stick them back in the gorund. The cript is not her only option. That is a choice she is making.

PAying respects to loved ones and keeping dead remains in your house is 2 different things. The Health department wouldnt have regulations against it if it wouldnt hurt.

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

Give the lady a break, for years she wanted her husband to get a stiffy, now that he did she cant even use it.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Give the lady a break, for years she wanted her husband to get a stiffy, now that he did she cant even use it.

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