# Body of woman, 25, stolen from casket in broad daylight in Texas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583>\
**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")\
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**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 25, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/81 "2015-08-25T20:48:01Z")

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Maybe he just wanted someone to measure his stiffie.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/82 "2015-08-25T22:48:26Z")

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“San Antonio police trying to find a woman’s corpse stolen from a casket say a man **“obsessed”** with her was the last to leave her funeral.”

And to think Obsession is what they named a cologne.

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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/83 "2015-08-25T22:56:51Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Girl](#):
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> I am not entirely sure that I want to know how this will end.

A national law for microchips in all corpses.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/84 "2015-08-26T00:23:52Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> A national law for microchips in all corpses.

But can you get reception from 6 feet Below-Jack?

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-of-woman-25-stolen-from-casket-in-broad-daylight-in-texas/728583/85 "2015-08-26T00:37:55Z")

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> [@Morgenstern](#):
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> She died August 8th. Her body disappeared August 15th. There’s no way her body isn’t smelling like a skunk’s ass about now. I sincerely doubt anyone could stand being in a room with it long enough to…
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> She’s been buried.

The [notorious case of Carl Tanzler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler) shows that someone who gets obsessed with a corpse isn’t necessarily going to then get put off by its subsequent decomposition. I hope this case doesn’t end up like that one.

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