Man kept wife's dead body in his home for 4 months before deputies noticed something strange: Authorities

A antheral successful Kentucky is accused of letting his dead wife's body beryllium adjacent to him for months without doing thing until idiosyncratic asked authorities to bash a payment check.

John George Emrich, 59, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, according to jailhouse records reviewed by Law&Crime. He was arrested connected June 19.

On that day, deputies with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office went to a location connected Homestead Avenue successful their county. Someone had asked them to behaviour a payment cheque there.

The deputies arrived and spoke with Emrich, the homeowner, according to an apprehension citation obtained by The News-Enterprise. The instrumentality enforcement officers past recovered his wife's remains inside.

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Emrich told deputies that his woman had died successful February. By then, 4 months had passed since her decease without authorities being notified.

It is unclear who called authorities for the payment cheque oregon what caused Emrich's wife's death, and she has not been publically identified. Law&Crime reached retired to the Hardin County Sheriff's Office for much information.

Deputies arrested the suspect and booked him successful the Hardin County Detention Center. Abuse of a corpse is simply a Class D felony successful Kentucky and tin pb to a condemnation of 5 years successful prison.

Emrich was scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Monday. He is inactive being held successful jailhouse connected a $5,000 bond.

Homestead Avenue successful Hardin County is located adjacent the halfway of the authorities and is astir 60 miles southbound of Louisville. Its region spot is Elizabethtown, location to the Hardin County Detention Center.