Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
'I just figured I would go to the bank': Woman makes bizarre admission about taking 'propped up' body of dead man to wit
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-just-figured-i-would-go-to-the-bank-woman-makes-bizarre-admission-about-taking-propped-up-body-of-dead-man-to-withdraw-his-cash-at-bank-drive-thru/‘I just figured I would go to the bank’: Woman makes bizarre admission about taking ‘propped up’ body of dead man to withdraw his cash at bank drive-thru
Law & Crime / by Jason Kandel / Jul 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Two women in Ohio will serve jail time for their ill-fated scheme to prop up the corpse of an 80-year-old man in the passenger seat of his car so they could withdraw hundreds of dollars in cash from his bank account in a drive-thru ATM.
Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were sentenced after pleading guilty to abuse of corpse and petty theft charges in the bizarre case involving the body of Douglas Layman, 80, according to online court records. Casbohm was sentenced to 17 months, and Feralo will serve 15 months.
[...]
Police said Casbohm and Feralo, who lived in Layman’s home but were not related to him, found him dead earlier in the day. The women — allegedly assisted by a man who faces charges in the case — placed Layman’s body in his car, drove to the bank and withdrew $900 cash from his account.
Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell reportedly said that the women “propped up” Layman in the passenger seat of his car to ensure the bank tellers saw that he was with them — something Stell said the bank had previously allowed.
[...]
Law & Crime / by Jason Kandel / Jul 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Two women in Ohio will serve jail time for their ill-fated scheme to prop up the corpse of an 80-year-old man in the passenger seat of his car so they could withdraw hundreds of dollars in cash from his bank account in a drive-thru ATM.
Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were sentenced after pleading guilty to abuse of corpse and petty theft charges in the bizarre case involving the body of Douglas Layman, 80, according to online court records. Casbohm was sentenced to 17 months, and Feralo will serve 15 months.
[...]
Police said Casbohm and Feralo, who lived in Layman’s home but were not related to him, found him dead earlier in the day. The women — allegedly assisted by a man who faces charges in the case — placed Layman’s body in his car, drove to the bank and withdrew $900 cash from his account.
Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell reportedly said that the women “propped up” Layman in the passenger seat of his car to ensure the bank tellers saw that he was with them — something Stell said the bank had previously allowed.
[...]
2 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
