Hospital Security Guard Charged with Crimes Against a Dead Person

Randall Scott Bird, a security guard at Banner University Medical Center, faces felony charges after allegedly performing a sexual act on a corpse in the hospital morgue.

Randall Scott Bird, a 46-year-old security guard at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged with five counts of crimes against a dead person, a class 4 felony in Arizona, after allegedly performing a sexual act on a corpse in the hospital morgue.
Bird was discovered by two other security guards in the morgue's freezer, acting nervously and with his uniform disheveled. The body of a 79-year-old woman was found unzipped and faced down, which is unusual.
Bird claimed he had a medical episode and fainted, grabbing the body as he fell. However, witnesses stated neither the body bag nor the zipper were broken, contradicting Bird's account.
DNA samples collected from Bird matched genetic material recovered from the woman's body, connecting him to the crime.
Bird has been terminated from his position at the hospital, and a preliminary hearing is set for December 7.