Jean Stevens holds a photo of her with her dead husbandA 91-year-old woman was found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister. The woman was told that she'd be allowed to keep the bodies, but only if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Jean Stevens, has indicated through her attorney that she plans to build an above ground vault on her property, to store the bodies of James Stevens and June Stevens, according to Bradford County District Attorney Daniel Barrett. "If she does that, the bodies will be released for that purpose," he said.
Stevens previously told the Associated Press, that she kept the embalmed remains of her loved ones because she wanted to be able to see them and talk to them. She also said she's claustrophobic, and couldn't stand the thought of their bodies in caskets in the ground.
State police discovered the corpses in mid-June. The body of James Stevens was on a couch in the detached garage, and the body of June Stevens was on a couch in a spare room off the bedroom.
Stevens had them dug up shortly after they died; James in 1999 and June in October. Jean tended to their remains at her rural property outside the northern Pennsylvania town of Wyalusing.
A decision on charges could be made as early as Friday, and authorities are looking into several possible violations, including misdemeanor abuse of a corpse. There was also possible summary violations of the state health code, which regulates how bodies must be disinterred. Police haven't said who retrieved the bodies.
Okay, how did she take the smell of dead bodies in her home? How could she watch the skin from the bodies deteriorate until the bone was exposed? I understand missing your loved one's, but this was going a bit far.
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