WP: Va. woman arrested after hiding her mother’s corpse under blankets for 44 days, police say

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Va. woman arrested after hiding her mother’s corpse under blankets for 44 days, police say

 

A Virginia woman was charged with concealing a dead body after hiding her mother’s corpse in their home for 44 days, authorities said Friday.

 

Jo-Whitney Outland, 55, of Bristol hid the corpse of Rosemary Outland, her 78-year-old mother, under 54 blankets in their southwest-Virginia home, said Sgt. Steve Crawford of the Bristol police.

 

Crawford said a letter written by Jo-Whitney Outland that was found in the home indicated her mother died Dec. 29 and that she covered the body with blankets after failing to revive her with CPR. Outland then padlocked a door and refused to let relatives into the home, masking the scent of the decomposing body with 66 air fresheners as she slept next to the body, Crawford said.

 

“I’ve handled a lot of deceased people but nothing of this magnitude,” Crawford said. “It’s bizarre.”

 

Crawford said the body was found after Rosemary Outland’s nephew climbed through a window. Authorities said there is no indication of foul play in her death.

 

The Bristol Herald Courier reported the body had signs of decomposition, mummification and decay.

 

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[CousinsCowgirl84]

How is this not Florida?

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5 minutes ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said:

How is this not Florida?

I hear VA is the new FL.

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Neat town, Bristol. One of the main streets has the divider lines painted directly on the border so traffic coming one direction is in VA and going the other way is in TN.