Texas Embalmer Minimize Off Lifeless Intercourse Offender’s Genitals and ‘Stuffed It In His Mouth’: Affidavit

Amber Paige Laudermilk, a 34-year-old licensed embalmer, is behind bars on the Harris County Jail after turning herself into authorities on Tuesday. She’s been charged with Abuse of a Corpse — a felony — and stays in jail on a $5,000 bond.

In accordance with a press launch from Harris County Constable Alan Rosen, Laudermilk labored for Memorial Mortuary & Crematory and is accused of, in January, “mutilating the physique of a lifeless intercourse offender.”

The physique in query belonged to Charles Roy Rodriguez, a 58-year-old registered intercourse offender, per the discharge, “who obtained 10 years of Deferred Adjudication after being charged with Sexual Assault in 2001.” Rodriguez died from pure causes in January.

Laudermilk’s alleged habits was delivered to the eye of the funeral director by two workers who mentioned they witnessed the crime. One witness, in keeping with charging paperwork, mentioned they noticed her stab Rodriguez’s physique twice within the groin with a scalpel, earlier than chopping off his penis, this after studying Rodriguez was a intercourse offender.

She then “stuffed it in his mouth,” per the docs — and allegedly advised a trainee who noticed it occur that they “did not see something.” All this purportedly went down within the cremation room — with the witness contemplating Laudermilk’s demeanor to be “threatening.”

“This case is about two troubled folks: the sufferer who was a registered intercourse offender and the defendant, who’s accused of viciously attacking his lifeless physique,” Precinct One Constable Alan Rosen mentioned in an announcement. “It doesn’t matter what one thinks of his life, the regulation requires that he be handled with dignity in loss of life.”

“I do not know the suspect’s previous, however we have now the utmost empathy for anybody who has been the sufferer of a sexual assault or is the household or buddy of somebody who has been the sufferer of a sexual assault,” Rosen added.

“The info clearly point out she was indignant and I hope after that is resolved within the courts, she will get the assistance she wants.”

Per NBC 2, Laudermilk’s license was suspended by the Texas Funeral Service Fee — whereas the Memorial Mortuary & Crematory confirmed to the identical outlet that Laudermilk is not employed by them.

“We’re deeply troubled and saddened by the illegal and horrifying actions of this particular person ex-employee. Our ideas are with the household and family members of the deceased,” the funeral dwelling mentioned in an announcement.

“To verify what has been already reported, this particular person hid her illegal actions from the homeowners and managers. We reported this incident to the authorities as quickly as we discovered,” they added. “Memorial Mortuary will conduct persevering with training for all its workers this week. Now it is a matter between regulation enforcement and the previous worker.”

Laudermilk is due in courtroom Might 13.