Posted on 03/01/2005 8:50:28 AM PST by KidGlock
Woman Jailed For Stealing Body, Beer From Boyfriend's Grave
POSTED: 9:41 am EST March 1, 2005
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A woman accused of digging up and taking her boyfriend's cremated remains more than a decade ago -- and drinking the beer that was buried with them -- was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Karen Stolzmann, 44, had faced up to nine months in jail on a misdemeanor charge of concealing stolen property. She was sentenced Monday, Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco said.
DeCecco had recommended a six-month sentence.
"I kind of thought she should be punished more," he said. "Under these kinds of circumstances, this is just unexcusable."
Investigators accused Stolzmann of digging up the ashes of her former boyfriend, Michael Hendrickson, at a Columbia County cemetery possibly out of spite for his family.
Hendrickson was 27 when he died in 1992 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His relatives contacted authorities last fall after discovering his remains were stolen.
Beer and cigarettes buried with him also were missing.
Investigators were led to Stolzmann, who had lived with Hendrickson and was with him when he shot himself. Both were married to other people at the time.
Detectives searched Stolzmann's home, found her hiding in the shower and located the remains in her garage, authorities said.
Stolzmann also was ordered to pay restitution for metal plaques missing from Hendrickson's grave site, DeCecco said.
With a story like this, their call letters should be WTF-TV.
You can't make this stuff up.............
Sheesh.
I'm reminded of the difference between a toilet and an Ivy League Coed...
My word, I'll bet Karen is lots of fun on a date!
Hey, Karen, how 'bout a brewski?
Hold muh beer....
ROFLOL
Taking that beer is just plain wrong.
She was gravely mistaken to think she wouldn't be caught.
Classy people all around.
They don't call cigarettes "Coffin Nails" for nothing.
She seems to be a tad bit co-dependent.
Hard to figure the motive but nuts go good with beer.
Wait... I get it that the beer was buried a decade ago, and she took - and drank - it rather recently. Who would be interested in particularly stale beer?
She dug him right after he was buried, it wasn't discovered for a long time.
ackground info:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=223038
...Detective Jay Yerges said Stolzmann and Hendrickson were living together in the early 1990s, while they were both married to other people. The relationship was stormy, with a pattern of alcohol and domestic abuse, he said.
Stolzmann was present when Hendrickson shot himself in January 1992. Yerges said Hendrickson's family blamed her for his death and she was not invited to his services.
"I feel that her motive was spite," Yerges said.
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er ... "Background"
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