# Body of woman, 25, stolen from casket in broad daylight in Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583 "2015-08-23T04:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/1 "2015-08-23T04:45:40Z")
Ok, this is just bizarre. Maybe she broke out and walked off? šŸ˜› What possible reason would anyone have to do something like this? Iā€™ve heard of grave robbers. They are usually after jewelry or other items buried with the person. But breaking into the coffin before burial? Thatā€™s a new one. AFAIK > **[Body of woman, 25, stolen from casket in broad daylight in Texas](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/08/22/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/)** > > A 25-year-old womanā€™s body was stolen from her casket in a Texas funeral home in broad daylight, baffling police and forcing her family to deal with losing her a second time. Julie Mott, 25, ā€¦ > [@](#): > > A 25-year-old womanā€™s body was stolen from her casket in a Texas funeral home in broad daylight, baffling police and forcing her family to deal with losing her a second time. > > Julie Mott, 25, died Aug. 8 after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/2 "2015-08-23T04:55:02Z")
Dispute over what to do with the body, Ć  la Graham Parsons? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/3 "2015-08-23T05:02:11Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Dispute over what to do with the body, Ć  la Graham Parsons? Could be. I had a distant relative that got dug up and buried in another state. Her daughter couldnā€™t stand having her buried near her ex husband. She got the necessary legal paperwork and had the body moved almost a thousand miles. The empty grave and headstone is still there. It was a typical husband/wife dual headstone. I see it anytime I visit my other relatives. Itā€™s a family cemetery with a lot of my maternal relatives buried there. People can do some pretty vengeful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/4 "2015-08-23T05:40:16Z")
Is this a zombie thread? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/5 "2015-08-23T10:45:24Z")
Victor Frankenstein, desperate for a date? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/6 "2015-08-23T10:54:18Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Victor Frankenstein, desperate for a date? Or Tom Petty. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/7 "2015-08-23T11:05:53Z")
I like the way that they make sure that you know how old she was. They mention it in the headline, in the picture caption, in the first paragraph, in the second paragraph and finally in the third paragraph they mention that it happened on her 26th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/8 "2015-08-23T11:13:59Z")
Iā€™m still more amazed that a **ceplace** manages to find this weird shit to post on the Dope! What?? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/9 "2015-08-23T11:40:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > What possible reason would anyone have to do something like this? ā€¦ you really have to ask? ETA: The pics in the article should give hints. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/10 "2015-08-23T12:17:09Z")
New, on AMC: ā€œWalker, Texas Danger!ā€ (If she seems odd and says ā€œbrainsā€, put it on full-auto and Let Her RIP!!!) Commercial tag line: ā€œā€¦I never thought Texas would need more gunsā€¦ā€ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/11 "2015-08-23T16:11:04Z")
World War Z; I knew it would start like this. No signs of forced entry? How about shuffling exits, huh? (Most states I would be surprised at a story like this. Having been in Texas for extended periods I just surprised it took this long.) ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/12 "2015-08-23T16:27:16Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > ā€¦ you really have to ask? > > ETA: The pics in the article should give hints. Meh. Necrophiliaā€™s dead boring. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/13 "2015-08-23T16:49:19Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > World War Z; I knew it would start like this. No signs of forced entry? How about shuffling exits, huh? > > (Most states I would be surprised at a story like this. Having been in Texas for extended periods I just surprised it took this long.) If the Patient Zero for a zombie outbreak would be in Texas ā€¦ I donā€™t think the outbreak would last very long. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/14 "2015-08-23T17:00:32Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Iā€™m still more amazed that a **ceplace** manages to find this weird shit to post on the Dope! > > What?? And has the motivation. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/15 "2015-08-23T17:12:32Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > ā€¦ you really have to ask? > > ETA: The pics in the article should give hints. ā€˜She could have been used two or three more times!ā€™ ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/16 "2015-08-23T18:47:20Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > If the Patient Zero for a zombie outbreak would be in Texas ā€¦ I donā€™t think the outbreak would last very long. Yeah, there or Florida, the poor zombies would definitely starve. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/17 "2015-08-23T19:24:36Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Iā€™m still more amazed that a **ceplace** manages to find this weird shit to post on the Dope! > > What?? > [@Procrustus](#): > > And has the motivation. And then Iron Man pooped in his armor and they all laughed and went home. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/18 "2015-08-23T20:10:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ā€˜She could have been used two or three more times!ā€™ And, not to put it too crudely, but she could have been ā€œusedā€ six ways from zero, stuffed back in the box,and cremated along with allā€¦ traces. Stealing the body seems pointless. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/19 "2015-08-23T20:15:05Z")
Nah, they took her to get registered to vote. Dead voters are quite influential in Texas elections. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/20 "2015-08-23T20:29:41Z")
Oh come on. Iā€™ve lived in Illinois and in Texas, and the Texans are rank amateurs when it comes to voting the dead. I wonder if someone in her family didnā€™t believe in cremation? There are a certain number of people here who think if youā€™re cremated you are not going to have a body when the time comes to rise (or some such thing) so maybe that was the issue? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583.md?page=2)