12-09-2003 23:11									#1
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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.

	12-09-2003 23:13									#2
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I'd think he was just senile and doddery, except for the cats. That makes it all look sooooooooooo creepy.

	12-09-2003 23:13									#3
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Maybe he's a Taxidermist?

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

	12-09-2003 23:15									#4
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwes...y.ap/index.html

I forgot the link.

	12-09-2003 23:22									#5
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Crimes against the dead?

	12-09-2003 23:23									#6
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Crimes against the dead? I dread to think....

	12-09-2003 23:29									#7
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Crimes against the dead... what a crock that is...

	12-09-2003 23:34									#8
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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.

	12-09-2003 23:37									#9
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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

	12-09-2003 23:43									#10
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Jesus. Why charge the poor old sod? Hasn't he suffered enough?

	13-09-2003 04:05									#11
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Amen Laz.

	13-09-2003 04:06									#12
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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.

	13-09-2003 04:14									#13
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Twisted. Sad to see a man not able to let go.

	13-09-2003 04:19									#14
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quote: 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.

	13-09-2003 04:21									#15
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Frozen wife. Frozen cats. "Research." Come on, folks...

	13-09-2003 04:25									#16
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No statement saying that he had the same goal for the cats as for his wife.

	13-09-2003 04:28									#17
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quote: Frozen wife. Frozen cats. "Research." Come on, folks...

I agree, Boris... Scary as Hell

	13-09-2003 04:30									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Ben Kenobi No statement saying that he had the same goal for the cats as for his wife.

Yeah. I'm sure he really thought he was effectively "Cryogenically" freezing her...

	13-09-2003 04:33									#19
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Missed that part with the cats. I hope he didn't feel the need to "upgrade".

	13-09-2003 04:54									#20
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Obviously not in his right mind.

	13-09-2003 05:19									#21
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He was allowed by law to screw the dead CATS, though, wasn't he? Perhaps we don't want to know why he had them frozen...

	13-09-2003 07:39									#22
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OTOH, maybe he practised his cryogenic techique on cats before applying it to his wife.

More importantly, did he murder the cats or did they all die of natural causes?

	13-09-2003 08:07									#23
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Regardless of what happened to his wife, I find it hard to believe he would just happen to come across 10 dead cats. I think freezing cats alive would probably fall under animal abuse. (even if he does thaw them out later. )

	13-09-2003 08:20									#24
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I think it's rather obvious he froze the cats alive to see if freezing a living being would work. That begs the question, did his wife die naturally, or did he stuff her in there before she died to try and "preserve" her?

	13-09-2003 09:14									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin So instead he curled her body into a ball and stuck her into a freezer in his backyard.

I'd hit it.

	13-09-2003 09:59									#26
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Kitten mittens. Wife suit (Ed Gein style).

Case closed.

	13-09-2003 10:32									#27
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The guy supposedly had dozens of live cats in his house. Dead cats wouldn't be hard to come across, or "make" with so many live specimens.

	13-09-2003 11:22									#28
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I don't understand why this is a crime. how can you commit a crime against the dead?

	13-09-2003 11:27									#29
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You can't. Stupid politicians say you can, but that doesn't make them right.

	13-09-2003 11:40									#30
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quote: how can you commit a crime against the dead?

How can you commit a crime against the living? How can you commit a crime against pets? A crime is simply an illegal act.