Thursday, November 22, 2012
Russian woman keeps hold of dead husband’s body
MOSCOW
Russian authorities say a woman with five children kept her husband’s body in their apartment for almost three years after his death.
Prosecutors in the central Yaroslavl region said the unidentified woman, described as a devout Pentecostal Christian with a psychiatric record, was so distraught when her husband died of natural causes in 2009 that she believed he “was bound to resurrect.”
An investigation was opened after the body was found in a dumpster in a plastic bag in July.
The prosecutors’ office said Monday that the woman kept the cadaver in a bed in a room of her apartment and asked her children to talk to it and feed it.
The office says two children decided to dispose of the body when the family moved to another apartment.
Texas man gets 20 years in prison for biting roommate
GALVESTON, Texas
A Southeast Texas man convicted of biting his female roommate as he argued with his girlfriend has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors in Galveston County say 32-year-old Jacques Quinn reportedly was intoxicated during the Jan. 18 incident in Hitchcock.
The Galveston County Daily News reports jurors convicted Quinn of felony assault causing bodily injury in the family-violence case. Records show Quinn has more than a dozen convictions for assault, theft and drug possession.
Investigators say Quinn and his roommate were living with another woman when the couple got into an argument. The victim was bitten on the arm. Further details on her weren’t available immediately.
The defense claimed someone slipped narcotics into Quinn’s drink.
Prosecutors announced the sentence Friday.
Associated Press