Posted on 06/17/2010 9:08:30 AM PDT by Born Conservative
State police announced Wednesday that they have served a search warrant at a private residence on Old Stagecoach Road in Wyalusing Township, where the mummified remains of two human beings were discovered.
The search warrant was executed on at 3 p.m. Tuesday, state police said in a press release that they issued on Wednesday.
The search warrant allowed the state police to search the home of 91-year-old Jean Stevens of Wyalusing, who lives on township Route 472, as well as other buildings on her property, according to a copy of the warrant that was filed in the office of Athens Magisterial District Judge Michael Shaw.
Two case workers with the Area Agency on Aging, Marlea Hoyt and Marcella Yasharian, had told the state police on Tuesday that Stevens has two bodies in her home, according to an affidavit of probable cause that was filed by the state police with their application for the search warrant.
The case workers said that one of the bodies is Stevens' late husband, Jimmy Stevens, and the other is Jean Stevens' sister, June, according to the affidavit.
Jean Stevens showed Yasharian June's body and told Yasharian that Jimmy Stevens' body "is rolled up in a rug on the premises," according to the state police's affidavit, which was signed by Cpl. Al Ogden of the state police at Towanda.
Stevens said that she had, with the help of others, disinterred Jimmy Stevens' body from a cemetery years ago and had disinterred June's body from its grave on the property shortly after burial, according to a statement made by Yasharian to the state police, which was quoted in the state police's affidavit.
Jimmy Stevens died on May 21, 1999, according to his obituary, which was published in The Daily Review.
June, whose last name was also Stevens, died at age 90 on Oct. 3, 2009, according to her obituary, which was obtained from the Web site of the McHenry Funeral Home in Wyalusing.
Yasharian told state police that Stevens "is in control of her mental faculties, (other than her acts of keeping the bodies in her home)," according to the affidavit.
State police cited three violations of the state crimes code as reasons for obtaining the search warrant.
The first is Title 18, section 3307, which is "institutional vandalism" and which occurs when someone knowingly desecrates, vandalizes, defaces or otherwise damages a cemetery or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead.
The second violation is Title 18, section 5509, which is "desecration of venerated objects" and which is a second-degree misdemeanor that occurs when someone intentionally desecrates a place of burial.
The third violation is Title 18, section 5510, which is "abuse of corpse" and which is a second-degree misdemeanor that occurs when someone "treats a corpse in a way that he knows would outrage ordinary family sensibilities."
Yasharian and Hoyt were very concerned for the welfare of Jean Stevens, state police said in their affidavit.
The search warrant was approved on Tuesday by Judge Shaw.
No further information was available from the state police on Wednesday about the incident.
The state police and the Bradford County Coroner's Office have scheduled a press conference for 1 p.m. today on the incident.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the state police at (570) 265-2186.
This 91 year old woman must be pretty strong to be able to dig up and carry dead bodies.
Norman, Norman Bates, is that you? Stop looking a young women Norman.
Two more votes for Fast Eddie?
DR. RICHMOND:
“Ah—not exactly. A man who dresses in women’s clothing in order to achieve a sexual change or satisfaction is a transvestite. But in Norman’s case, he was simply doing everything possible to keep alive the illusion of his mother being alive. And when reality came too close—when danger or desire threatened that illusion—he dressed up, even to a cheap wig he bought. He’d walk about the house, sit in her chair, speak in her voice. He tried to be his mother! And, uh—now, he is.”
Wait. . . .
It’s wrong to disinter your dead spouse and sister and keep them in your house?!@
Hold on. I have to be off F.R. for the rest of the day.
I have some, things, to do.
Once a body is dessicated, it weighs a lot less.
Stevens said that she had, with the help of others, [...]
Friends will help you move.
REAL friends will help you move bodies...
Need a hand, FRiend?
Ping
Valpal1, Gondring I stand corrected.
I think you just created jobs for Nobama.
Darned good point..... >.<
Shovel ready jobs too.....
LOL!
Looks like HT!
“Need a hand, FRiend?”
You don’t have a black-handled shovel and night vision goggles by any chance?
Will a red lensed flashlight and some black paint suffice?
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