Ohio: Girls who drove lifeless man to his financial institution and withdrew cash charged with abusing corpse

Two girls have been charged within the US with alleged abuse of a corpse after propping up his physique to withdraw cash from his checking account, police mentioned.

Loreen Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, lived with 80-year-old Douglas Layman in a home within the city of Ashtabula on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio, NBC, Sky’s US companion, mentioned.

The girls have been mentioned to have discovered their housemate lifeless on Monday, and, as a substitute of reporting his demise, carried his physique to the entrance seat of his automobile, the place they propped it up, and drove to his financial institution the place they took out an undisclosed quantity, which the New York Post put at $900 (£700).

They have been additionally charged with theft after being arrested on Wednesday, different sources, together with the Law and Crime web site mentioned, quoting courtroom data.

The trio had been to the financial institution collectively earlier than and have been recognized to workers there, Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell mentioned in a press release.

Mr Layman had even allowed them to withdraw cash from his account when the trio had visited the financial institution prior to now, Chief Stell mentioned.

The suspects used the financial institution’s drive-through until, Chief Stell instructed the Star Beacon, however their scheme started to come back aside once they took the physique to the Ashtabula County Medical Center.

They left the physique there “without providing any information to the hospital. They just left him”, Chief Stell instructed Fox 8.

One of the pair later referred to as to present workers some particulars, and the physique was recognized as Mr Layman, the chief mentioned.

Officers went to Mr Layman’s Ashtabula house, the place the ladies admitted what they’d performed.

The suspects have appeared in courtroom, police mentioned, although it was not clear if they’ve entered pleas.

WKYC, primarily based in close by Cleveland, mentioned Kasbohm’s bond was set at $5,000 (£3,900), and Feralo was ordered to look subsequent week.

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Chief Stell mentioned further expenses have been doable.

The county prosecutor’s workplace and the county public defender’s workplace have been requested for remark.

The macabre allegations are just like the plot of the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie’s, wherein two work colleagues uncover that their boss is lifeless after arriving at his home for a celebration, and attempt to persuade visitors he’s nonetheless alive to keep away from being falsely suspected of killing him.