{"id":70910,"date":"2017-03-17T09:25:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70910"},"modified":"2017-03-17T09:26:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:26:12","slug":"abandoned-corpse-identified-as-wwii-vet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70910","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned corpse identified as WWII vet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Brooks’ body was found in a suitcase abandoned in a field in Arkansas. He was an 89-year-old veteran of the Second World War where the 4 foot 11 inch Brooks served as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber. According to Arkansas police, Brooks’ caregivers were planning to defraud social security, according to Fox News<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Robert Brooks died of natural causes at his home about a month before his body was discovered in a Prairie County field on March 5, Lt. David Gilbo of the Johnstown, New York, Police Department told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Two people considered to be caregivers of Brooks have been detained on suspicion of abuse of a corpse. Police are not considering the case a homicide, but authorities are reportedly looking into the possibility that the two were planning to defraud Social Security. <\/p>\n

Gilbo said authorities will not be extraditing them to New York because of Arkansas\u2019 strict laws on abuse of a corpse. In New York, the offense is punishable by three years in prison, while in Arkansas it is punishable by 10 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Arkansas Online<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Police arrested Virginia “Ginger” Colvin, 56, of Johnstown at a Perry County home March 8 after police found Brooks’ body March 5 in the suitcase in a field in the Crossroad community west of Des Arc.<\/p>\n

Michael Stivers, who was being held on unrelated charges in the Lonoke County jail, also was arrested.<\/p>\n

Both face charges of abusing a corpse.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The two drove 1,300 miles to Arkansas with the suitcase in the back of Colvin’s pickup.<\/p>\n

When they stopped in Des Arc on March 5, a child opened the suitcase in the back of the parked truck and discovered Brooks’ body.<\/p>\n

Colvin and Stivers panicked and fled, Gilbo said. They dumped Brooks’ body in the field about 15 miles west of Des Arc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I hope there’s room under the prison for the pair.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Mick for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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