A licensed embalmer was arrested after she allegedly cut off a dead man’s genitals and stuffed them into his mouth.
The horrific incident was reported to Houston police by an embalming student at the Memorial Mortuary and Crematory in Texas. The trainee claimed to have seen 34-year-old Amber Paige Laudermilk commit the act after finding out the man had been a registered sex offender.
‘No matter what one thinks of his life, the law requires that he be treated with dignity in death.’
Police said that Laudermilk used a scalpel to stab at the genitals of Charles Roy Rodriguez in February. Rodriguez had been charged with sexual assault in 2001 and received 10 years of deferred adjudication before he died at the age of 58 of natural causes.
Rodriguez was cremated after the alleged desecration of his corpse.
“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,” said Precinct One Constable Alan Rosen in a post on Facebook. “No matter what one thinks of his life, the law requires that he be treated with dignity in death.”
After Laudermilk allegedly committed the abuse, one of the witnesses said Laudermilk remarked, “You didn’t see anything,” in a manner that was perceived as a threat.
“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 concluded. “The facts clearly indicate she was angry and I hope after this is resolved in the courts, she gets the help she needs.”
Rosen posted an update that Laudermilk had turned herself in and was being held at the Harris County Jail with a bond of $5,000.
Video from the mortuary can be viewed on the news report from KPRC-TV on YouTube.
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