WI: Accused Grave Robbers Charged With Attempted Sex Assault On Corpse

WISC TV ^ | 9/6/06

[llevrok]

The three men arrested for allegedly digging up the grave of a woman who died last week in Grant County are also charged with attempted sexual assault.

The three men appeared in Grant County Circuit Court on Tuesday. According to a criminal complaint, the three men were charged with digging up the grave at the St. Charles Catholic Cemetery in Cassville with the intent to have sex with the victim's body, WISC-TV reported.

Alexander Grunke, his twin brother Nicholas Grunke and their friend Dustin Radke -- all 20 years old -- have been in a Grant County jail since Saturday.

The grave that the men are accused of trying to dig up belonged to Laura Tennessen, 20, of Cassville, who was buried last week after being killed in a motorcycle crash on Aug. 28.

The men were formally charged with attempted theft and attempted third degree sexual assault.

Radke allegedly confessed and said that the incident was an elaborate plan to have sex with the corpse. He told authorities that Nicholas Grunke asked him to help dig up Tennessen's grave and take the corpse back to a pre-selected location behind his house with the intent to have sex with her, WISC-TV reported.

Authorities said that Radke said that the three stopped at the Wal-Mart in Dodgeville on their way to the cemetery and bought condoms.

If the three men are convicted, they could face more than five years behind bars for both the misdemeanor theft and the attempted sexual assault, which is a felony, WISC-TV reported.

The bail for Radke was set at $1,500. For both Nicholas and Alexander Grumke, bail was set at $1,000.

[llevrok]

Therrrrrre's yer sign......

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

TN??

[Froufrou]

How desperate is that? Can't arouse a live one, so resorting to this? One word: Castration.

[llevrok]

wisconsin, sorry

[GarySpFc]

Evil!

[SerpentDove]

Very sick. While this highlights perversion at its lowest, it also shows how far the feminist movement has progressed. Even a corpse can be "sexually assaulted."

Next thing you know, it can be sexually harassed.

[llevrok]

Can't arouse a live one

Yeah, she wasn't British either....

[llevrok]

They were upset because she gave them the cold shoulder....

[dandelion]

What the **** is WRONG with these people? Is there no decency left in the world??

It makes me scared to even leave the remains of my loved ones alone - I already won't let my relatives be left alone at the hospital because of similar incidents with unconcious patients. (I actually had someone walk into my elderly mother's hospital room looking for her purse; they didn't see me lying beside the bed. HAH!) Now this...

Nobody better mess with my beloved dead - I'll put'em in a grave myself if they do.

[texan75010]

The grave that the men are accused of trying to dig up belonged to Laura Tennessen, 20, of Cassville, who was buried last week after being killed in a motorcycle crash on Aug. 27.

20 year old guys cant get a live girl?
The body of a woman who was killed in a motorcycle crash? Was she wearing a helmet? Was it open or closed casket?

This seems like some kind of gang initiation or cult right of passage. Just too bizarre.

Maybe the woman was an old girlfriend? Why buy a condom? Can a dead body give you an STD????

More questions than answers here. Bottom line, this is what prostitution is for.

[exile]

"Authorities said that Radke said that the three stopped at the Wal-Mart in Dodgeville on their way to the cemetery and bought condoms"

Condoms? At least they were being responsible.

[rockthecasbah]

That'd be like trying to have sex with Helen Thomas

[exile]

Now, now, these boys just wanted a cold one.

(I'm sorry I couldn't resist)

[exile]

Now THAT'S really sick.

[Dark Skies]

That's a little hasty, not having seen the pics. ;)

[freedomson]

[Froufrou]

Hasty??? You think the pics would show intent by usage of the little raincoat dudes???

[Palladin]

Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest.

[Dark Skies]

...intent by usage

Is that a legal term? What does it mean?

[fredhead]

Some appropriate Alice Cooper:

I love the dead before they're cold
Their bluing flesh for me to hold
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing
I love the dead before they rise
No farewells, no goodbyes
I never knew your rotting face
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave
I have other uses for you, darling
We love the dead
We love the dead, yeah