Two Ohio women allegedly supported a deceased man in their car during a bank visit and withdrew hundreds of dollars from his account before driving him to the hospital.
According to Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell and the Ashtabula Prosecutor’s Office, Karen Kasbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Ferraro, 55, took the body of Douglas Layman, 80, to Ashtabula on Monday. He is now facing a felony charge after dropping him off at the county medical center’s emergency room and leaving. Attorney Cecilia Cooper.
When the women dropped Layman off at the emergency room, medical personnel had no idea who Layman was.
“They left without giving any information to the hospital. They just left him there,” Stell told FOX 8.
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Karen Kasbohm, 63, and Loreen Bee Ferraro, 55, were each charged with felony abuse of a corpse and theft. (Ashtabula Police Department)
Stell said in a press release that one of the women called the hospital several hours later and provided personal information about the man, allowing authorities to identify him. Police officers were then dispatched to the believer’s home and spoke with two women who told them that the believer had died at his home in Ashtabula.
Kasbohm and Ferraro were taken into custody Wednesday and each charged with felony abuse of a corpse and theft.
“This is very unusual,” Cooper told Fox 8.
The women, who were unrelated to Layman and lived at his home, found him dead inside his home on Monday but did not call 911 and instead took money from his bank account. I tried to pull it out.
Officials said the women allegedly carried Layman’s body out of the house with the help of an unidentified third party, propped it up in the passenger seat of their car, and used a bank drive-thru to withdraw about $900. is held.
Police said the women supported Reiman so that bank tellers could see him, and the bank had previously allowed Reiman to withdraw money from his account as long as he was in the car. It is said that he was doing so.
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Police said the women supported Reiman so that bank tellers could see him, and the bank had previously allowed Reiman to withdraw money from his account as long as he was in the car. It is said that he was doing so. (Ashtabula Police Department)
Rayman’s cause of death is unknown.
Stell told FOX 8 the incident is still under investigation and the two women could face additional charges.
Kasbohm appeared in court this week for arraignment, and a judge set her bail at $5,000. Mr. Ferraro is scheduled to appear for arraignment on Thursday.
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If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to one year in prison on each charge.
Both women have past criminal records.
Kasbohm was convicted of theft, abetting, trespassing, receiving stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia, and attempted drug abuse, while Ferraro was convicted of reckless assault, possession of drug paraphernalia, trespassing, DUI, theft, and drug paraphernalia. He was found guilty of attempted assault. Possession of drugs.
