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Embalmer cut off dead man’s penis after learning he was a registered sex offender, officials say
www.azfamily.com ^ | March 11, 2025 | Emily Van de Riet

Posted on 03/12/2025 6:00:06 AM PDT by Red Badger

A licensed embalmer from Texas is facing charges after officials say she cut off a dead man’s penis in February with a scalpel after finding out he was a registered sex offender.

According to Constable Alan Rosen of Harris County, 34-year-old Amber Laudermilk is charged with felony abuse of a corpse for the incident at Memorial Mortuary and Crematory.

Officials say Laudermilk cut off the genitals of Charles Roy Rodriguez, 58, who was a registered sex offender.

A report from KPRC said Laudermilk allegedly then stuffed the man’s penis in his mouth before his cremation.

According to witnesses, Laudermilk did it after learning Rodriguez was a registered sex offender.

A charging document also states Laudermilk was in the presence of an embalming student at the time.

KPRC reports that Laudermilk allegedly told the trainee, “You didn’t see anything.”

Rodriguez died of natural causes at a Houston hospital in January. Officials said he was charged with sexual assault in 2001.

Laudermilk is no longer employed. She is charged with felony abuse of a corpse.

State officials are seeking to suspend or revoke her license.

“This case is about two troubled people: the victim who was a registered sex offender and the defendant, who is accused of viciously attacking his dead body,” Constable Alan Rosen said in a statement. “No matter what one thinks of his life, the law requires that he be treated with dignity in death.”

Rosen went on to say that he hopes Laudermilk gets “the help she needs.”

“I don’t know the suspect’s past, but we have the utmost empathy for anyone who has been the victim of a sexual assault or is the family or friend of someone who has been the victim of a sexual assault,” Rosen said. “The facts clearly indicate she was angry, and I hope after this is resolved in the courts, she gets the help she needs.”


TOPICS: Education; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: houston; texas
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1 posted on 03/12/2025 6:00:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Who cares? He was dead.


2 posted on 03/12/2025 6:01:33 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Red Badger

LOL! Embalmer transitioning dead sex offender?


3 posted on 03/12/2025 6:02:39 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Red Badger

It should have been cut off when he was alive.


4 posted on 03/12/2025 6:03:09 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: Red Badger

It’s detachable.


5 posted on 03/12/2025 6:03:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

The body was to be cremated. Why was the embalmer involved?................


6 posted on 03/12/2025 6:04:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Too little, too late.


7 posted on 03/12/2025 6:08:53 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Red Badger

“This case is about two troubled people”
…yes. And one is rightfully troubled by sex offenders


8 posted on 03/12/2025 6:11:18 AM PDT by albie (U)
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To: Red Badger

Embalmed for the wake/viewing.


9 posted on 03/12/2025 6:16:35 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
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To: Red Badger

Too late to help, but sure makes a statement.


10 posted on 03/12/2025 6:17:30 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Red Badger

Houston DA is a Democrat Lesbian.


11 posted on 03/12/2025 6:18:10 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: dfwgator

https://youtu.be/byDiILrNbM4?feature=shared


12 posted on 03/12/2025 6:20:21 AM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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The body was to be cremated. Why was the embalmer involved?................

money

I have heard that they will automatically embalm a corpse before cremation
Unless there is a legal request not to

13 posted on 03/12/2025 6:20:39 AM PDT by SisterK (to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly)
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To: SisterK

That stinks...........oh, wait.................


14 posted on 03/12/2025 6:23:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Well, some people collect books, others coins and such ...


15 posted on 03/12/2025 6:23:50 AM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: glennaro

😂🤣😂🤣😎.......................


16 posted on 03/12/2025 6:25:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

How much burnt formaldehyde particles go up in the air each day?
Just for money?


17 posted on 03/12/2025 6:25:16 AM PDT by SisterK (to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly)
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To: Red Badger
The desecration of dead body is unforgivable... Then again... King Charles II did have the body of Oliver Cromwell dug up from his grave, and then had his rotten skull placed on a pike for twenty years.

Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed and executed posthumously in January 1661, two years after his death, as a form of revenge by King Charles II for his father's execution, and his severed head was displayed on a spike on Westminster Hall's roof for nearly 20 years.

18 posted on 03/12/2025 6:26:44 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: SisterK

When I was in college chopping up dead animals under the pretense of doing dissections, we were inundated in formaldehyde fumes and liquids!..............


19 posted on 03/12/2025 6:28:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: glennaro

and then there’s the old joke about a wallet that turns into a suitcase.


20 posted on 03/12/2025 6:28:40 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("The left will rue the day they cheated Trump out of the 2020 election forever" L.Star )
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