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Pa. Widow Builds Vault, Could Get Corpses Back

Jan 4th 2011 – 8:30AM
AP

AP

WYALUSING, Pa. -- It looks like Jean Stevens will be reunited with the two people she loved so much that she wanted them to keep her company after they died. The 91-year-old widow who lived with the embalmed corpses of her husband and twin sister -- until authorities found out and took them away -- is hopeful they'll be...

Woman Can Keep Corpses if She Builds Crypt

Jul 7th 2010 – 9:17AM
Michael Rubinkam, AP

Michael Rubinkam, AP

WYALUSING, Pa. (July 7) - A 91-year-old woman found living with the corpses of her husband and twin sister will be allowed to keep them if she installs a mausoleum or crypt, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Jean Stevens has indicated through her attorney that she plans to build an above-ground vault on her property to store the...

Background on corpses

A corpse, also called a cadaver in medical literary and legal usage or when intended for dissection, is a dead human body.

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