Overview

• Two hikers on Fort Anthony Road reported a strong odor on August 3, prompting Jackson Township police to find 28-year-old Brittany Fuhr-Storms’s body wrapped in towels inside a sealed plastic tote.
• A county autopsy confirmed Fuhr-Storms was pregnant and that her unborn child did not survive.
• Investigators executed search warrants at a Middletown apartment where they recovered narcotics, drug paraphernalia and items matching those used to wrap the victim’s body.
• James Rotherbusch, 52, and Ricky J. Sheppard, 47, have been charged with gross abuse of a corpse and evidence tampering, with Rotherbusch facing additional drug-related counts after admitting to storing Fuhr-Storms’s body under suspicious circumstances.
• The Montgomery County coroner has not yet determined the manner of death as local agencies coordinate the ongoing investigation.