Overview

• Authorities found 64-year-old James O’Neill’s decomposed body on July 3 following a welfare check requested by his brother at the Agnews’ Lakewood home.
• Investigators allege James and Suzanne Agnew hid O’Neill’s remains under an air mattress for over a year because their chihuahuas began to chew on the body.
• Bank statements and CCTV footage reportedly show the couple withdrew more than $13,000 in Social Security payments and used O’Neill’s debit card repeatedly after his December 2023 death.
• James and Suzanne Agnew were arrested in early July and now face charges including tampering with a corpse, abuse of a corpse, theft and unauthorized use of a financial device.
• Officials determined O’Neill likely died of a medical condition or drug use and have not treated his death as a homicide, with the Agnews due in court in late August and early September.