Complaint: Sex with body motive for grave diggingDOUG ERICKSONderickson@madison.com
Three men charged with attempting to rob a grave Saturday in Cassville were doing so because one of the men had seen the dead woman's obituary photo and wanted to have sex with her body, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Grant County Circuit Court.
The men had stopped at a Wal-Mart and bought condoms before heading to the cemetery, police said.
"One of the crimes we study in abnormal criminal behavior is necrophilia. I guess that would be the motive," Grant County Sheriff Keith Govier said Tuesday, adding that he had never before dealt with such a case.
Govier said the men apparently didn't know the dead woman.
"They just saw her obituary picture in the newspaper," he said.
Cassville Police Officer Brent McDonald was sent to St. Charles Cemetery in Cassville about 11 p.m. Saturday on a citizen's report of a suspicious vehicle.
McDonald found Alex Grunke, 20, of Ridgeway, dressed in black.
Grunke was "extremely nervous" and "sweating on a very cool night," McDonald said in an interview. Grunke told McDonald that two other men were in the cemetery digging up the grave of Laura Tennessen, 20, who died Aug. 27 after being thrown from the back of a motorcycle.
At Tennessen's grave, officers found a hole that uncovered the concrete vault that encases the coffin. The two men were gone.
Sunday morning, Nicholas Grunke, 20, of Ridgeway, and Dustin Radke, 20, of Dodgeville, were found walking along Highway 81 in Beetown, about eight miles from the cemetery. The Grunkes are twin brothers.
Each man was charged with being party to attempted third- degree sexual assault and being party to attempted misdemeanor theft. Bond was set at $1,000 each for the Grunke brothers and $1,500 for Radke.
According to the complaint, Radke told police that Nicholas Grunke asked him to help dig up the grave so that Grunke could take the corpse behind his house in Ridgeway and have sexual intercourse with the body. On the way to the cemetery, the men stopped at the Dodgeville Wal-Mart and bought condoms, Radke told police.
Govier said he spoke with members of the Tennessen family about the incident.
"I can't come to the word to describe (what they're going through)," he said. "Having to put their daughter to rest, and then having to deal with this. It opens up wounds that I don't know anybody could experience."
The Rev. John Norder, Laura Tennessen's priest at St. Charles Catholic Church, said she was the type of person who was always smiling and never judged others.
"She always said, 'You know, you never know what people have been through in their lives.' (She was) a really good kid."
Staff reporters Deborah Ziff and Patricia Simms contributed to this report.
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)
Did they get a family rate?
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0906061grave1.html
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)
― Ich Ber Ein Binliner (Dada), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)
Decided to do Girlfriend In A Coma one better, and do Girlfriend In The Cemetary (Gates)?
― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)
"And there're some judgmental sourpusses around here who totally have a corpse-fucking coming to them," the Rev. Norder added.
― Stephen X (Stephen X), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah, this is definitely the WTF moment.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
Next time perhaps don't go grave-robbing with your buddy who will RAT ON YOU.
Also: 11 p.m. may be on the early side to execute your heinous intentions.
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
― Ich Ber Ein Binliner (Dada), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)
― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.notcoming.com/images/reviews/returnoflivingdead.gif
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:52 (nineteen years ago)
I'd hit it.
After I'd dug it up.
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)
This is the part of the obit that should stand out for the aspiring neophyte necrophiliac with any sense of amour propre:
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. at St. Charles Catholic Church in Cassville and one hour prior to the service Wednesday morning. The Martin Funeral Home is assisting the family.
And I'm sure one hour is more than enough time for these three.
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah me too.
― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)
(I was timing the first "I'd hit it")
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)
I take her flowers each day.I place them over her grave.I want her backBecause I look so bad, so bad in black(Like a maniac)
You can't bury love, You've gotta dig it up, Yeah, you've gotta live it up.
Please, darling, come home to me. Well, I'll make you so happy, you will see!I'll paint your room In pink and blue (I'll even choose the colour scheme for you!). You can't take away my love I'll never give it up! Yeah, I'm gonna dig it up.
(Don't!) (Don't! I Don't want to know!)
My girlfriend lives in the ground. My friends, you ask me why she's six feet down, I can't tell you why 'cos if I even try I'd fall down flat on my face And I'd cry, "you can't take away my love"I'm gonna dig it up! I'm gonna live it up, yeah, I'm gonna dig it up, dig it up. I'm never gonna stop With that loving cup. Gotta fill it up.
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)
Is this standard practice in an obit? Listing family members, friends who've died before her?
― g00blar (gooblar), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)
xpost, yes that is pretty standard
― Sam: Screwed and Chopped (Molly Jones), Thursday, 7 September 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Angel In Love With Her Own Pedals (kate), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
Relentless lust of rotting fleshTo thrash the tomb she liesHeathen whore of Satan's wrathI spit at your demise
Virgin child now drained of lifeYour soul cannot be freeNot given the chance to rot in Hell
Satan's cross points to HellThe earth I must uncoverA passion grows to feast uponThe frozen blood inside her
I feel the urge the growing needTo fuck this sinful corpseMy tasks complete the bitch's soulLies raped in demonic lust
(Lead - King)
Her stomach bursts the casket breaksThe seed has taken formA writhing shape of twisted fleshThe Devil's child is thrown
Hungry for the smell of DeathHe rules forbidden evilVengeance with a frenzied hatredThe bastard now must die
Lost souls of the deadForm legions that burst through Hell's GatesDeath of one sacrificeTo avenge the raped corpse from the graveBlood of one mortal manThe fire grows stronger withinFate of a frenzied lustLucifer takes my dark soul
Down to the fiery pits of Hell[Down to the fiery pits of HELL]
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)
I think because her brother also died in a motor-vehicle accident, at a similar age, it was relevant.
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)
This cracks me up to think about, these guys, digging, at night, in a graveyard, blazing hard-ons, and then CLANGK.
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)
― Why does my IQ changes? (noodle vague), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:32 (nineteen years ago)
― Sam: Screwed and Chopped (Molly Jones), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:47 (nineteen years ago)
"You'll never guess what's up" (7x)"My muckin' head blew up"
She was lovely, long hair, short, nice figure thoughSo at the funeral, it made me cry, watch her dieI cannot lie, I couldn't sleep without a winkI only think about my lady, I want my babyI need her by my side, to hold me, to squeeze me
I still have pictures, but all they do is tease meI see my therapist, he only tells me I'm in troubleI want my baby back, so now I pack a shovelAnd while I'm digging, it's awfully dark and kinda funnyDon't dig too fast or to see things could get bloodyI watch my baby, I hit the top of baby's coffinI thinking, she's better off inside if she diedNah, she needs me, I can tell my baby wants meCuz every night at 2:15, my baby haunts meI prey it open, the odor hits me, there she isI lean down to give her a kiss because I need a...
Girl that make me happy, a girl that make me cryA girl that passed away back in 1985A girl I plan to marry, a girl I plan to wedA girl I chew on cuz my baby is already dead
Cemetery lady, my cemetery girlCemetery baby, I want you in my worldCemetery woman, we can still be downYou're more than just a corpse to a psychopathic clownCemetery lady, my cemetery girlCemetery baby, I want you in my worldCemetery woman, we can still be downYou're more than just a corpse to a psychopathic clown
"Fuck yeah, motherfuckerI don't want no stuck upLittle sassy rassy bitchYa know what I'm sayingI want me a cold stanky bitchSo bring it on, dead momma"
She's as lovely as always, my baby hasn't changedExcept for the hole that's in her forehead, you can see her brainsNevertheless, our love is still forever trueHer eyes have withered, her skin has now a tint of blueMy baby's dusty and dirty, and wrinkled clothesAnd now I notice, the maggots chewed off all her toesThe earth has been rather cruel to my darling sugarIs that a bug upon her face? oh, it's just a boogerI lean her head back to kiss her cracking lipsAnd then her neck crack, also does her hipsI must be gentle, my baby girl's a little rustyA little dusty, but most of all, a little mustyI notice that, when we lay together on the lawnWe lay till dawn, I notice her left eye is goneWe said goodbye and everything turned out alrightI'll see you again tomorrow night, because I need a...
Check it out, bitch!You aren't getting stank, skankGet your asses shovelingThen you'll want a lil somthin somthinThem cramey graveyard bitchesThey DOWN WITH THE CLOWN!!!
― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)
The production is progressive, but the reason is retroThe chords are cold-blooded murder, I named it neo-necroI whispered in her ear to hear an echo, echo-co-coI keep her - it's cheaper - I love too much to let goWe discussed over dinner how she would die before the day was doneSo I've caught her just in time to have a little funAnd you could use a little sunSo scream and holler, run and playWish you could die another dayI'm glad to say that I'veDone what I could to reviveMy softer side survivedDamn, that shit was all right, when she was aliveHa ha ha...
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 18:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 7 September 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 7 September 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)
Living ain't clean, living ain't easyMakes me feel just plain obsceneKnow what I mean?
Dead dead dead!
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)
― just say no to individuality (fandango), Thursday, 7 September 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)
I devour the pediculous corpseWhetting my palate as I exhumeThe festering stench of rotting fleshMakes me drool as I consume...
Caskets I grateMy larder's a graveI'm sickly obsessed (with the badly decomposed)Rotten remains I eatPurulent meatWhat a funeral feast (putrid reek)
Weeping tissue is strippedPus dribbles from my lipsPulverising this pustular chaffButchering up morgues makes me laugh...
Ulcerated flesh I munchRotting corpses are my lunchOn bones I love to crunch (on the badly decomposed)Shrivelled innards I lickThe corpse's head I kickCrumbling shreds I pick (eat the stiffs)
(Solo: morbid melody for the deceased with salt to taste)
Rancid flesh, slaughter the dead- Caskets exhumed...Corpses disenterred, graves disturbed- To consume...
Bereaved relatives are not amusedAs on their dear departed I feverishly consume...
Slavering worms, decomposure burnsCorrosion born, as bacteria gnaw
Desecrate...Precipiate...(from the muddy grave)Macerate...Eviscerate...
Saponified fats, nibbled by rats-Freshly exhumed...Deep down six feet is where I like to eat-Human flesh to consume
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 September 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 7 September 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)
little buttercups and wild daiziesby the lilly pond, remember baby blowing dandeliens, my only wish was you
sitting on a cold slab feeling my warm stab you know I'll be missing you that's why i'm kissing you
flowers on your gravei never loved you flowers on your gravei never touched youi paid my respectstoo little too late flowers on your grave
little buttercups and wild daizies, by the lilly pond, remember baby blowing dandeliens, my only wish was you
i look funny all dressed in black my wet hankerchief won't bring you back now there lowering down you feel me from underground
flowers on your gravei never loved you flowers on your gravei never touched youi'll bet that you're therenever knew you caredflowers on your grave
you are the lucky one i hope you've had your fun for all those nights I set you free tonight you'll remember me
flowers on your gravei never loved youflowers on your gravei never touched youi paid my respectstoo little too late flowers on your grave
jealous of the flies and the worms inside mejealous of the flies and the worms inside mejealous of the flies and the worms inside mejealous of the flies and the worms inside me
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Thursday, 7 September 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)
It is standard obit practice. I used to write/compile obits for my hometown's paper and sometimes that list would be half the obit because the people had such large families (in mormonland). It's just family members, usually.
― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 7 September 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/07/gang.assault.ap/index.html
if this article wasn't bad enough, read all the "related stories" at the bottom
― Machibuse '80 (ex machina), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:36 (nineteen years ago)
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:40 (nineteen years ago)
― Marmot (marmotwolof), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:42 (nineteen years ago)
― fellini-esque-lit-rockist (tehresa), Friday, 8 September 2006 00:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 8 September 2006 01:05 (nineteen years ago)
And the rest of the time?
"She was preceeded in death by Aristotle, Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, and G.G. Allin."
― always crashing in other people's cars (kenan), Friday, 8 September 2006 05:41 (nineteen years ago)
-- Andrew (n...) (webmail), Yesterday 9:05 PM. (enneff) (later)
this is the first thing that crossed my mind too
― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 8 September 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 10 September 2006 06:32 (nineteen years ago)
this site has the picture of the lady
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 10 September 2006 08:03 (nineteen years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 10 September 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)