Ohio Women Charged for Using Deceased Roommate's Body to Withdraw Bank Funds

The women allegedly propped up the body to mimic his presence, exploiting a bank's previous allowance for withdrawals when accompanied by him.

Two Ohio women, Loreen Feralo and Karen Casbohm, are charged with gross abuse of a corpse and theft after using their deceased roommate's body to withdraw money from his bank account.
Authorities were alerted after the women left the body at Ashtabula County Medical Center without identifying themselves or the deceased, Douglas Layman, 80.
The women allegedly propped Layman's body in the car in a way that would be visible to bank staff, a practice the bank had previously allowed when he was alive.
Preliminary hearings for the women are scheduled, with Casbohm's bail set at $5,000. An autopsy to determine Layman's cause of death could take up to eight months.
The bizarre incident has drawn comparisons to the plot of the 1989 film 'Weekend at Bernie’s,' where two men pretend their dead boss is alive to avoid suspicion.