Body may have been in freezer for 2 years in town near La Crosse WI

[saigon68]

Posted Apr. 25, 2005

Body may have been in freezer for 2 years in town near La Crosse
Man told neighbors his mother was in nursing home


The Associated Press

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_20769393.shtml

LA CROSSE — Philip Schuth told neighbors his mother, Edith, went to live in a nursing home about two years ago, and that’s when neighbors stopped seeing her in her front yard pulling dandelions.

Now authorities say they believe Edith Schuth’s body may be the one they found in her son’s freezer on the weekend in the town of Campbell, near the western Wisconsin city of La Crosse.

Investigators are treating the case as a homicide and say the body could have been stored in the basement freezer for up to two years or longer.

“There’s a lot that remains to be done in terms of examining the body and investigating the situation before we can draw any conclusions,” La Crosse County District Attorney Scott Horne told reporters Saturday.

Move over Jeffrey Dahmer and Ed Gein


THERE'A A NEW WISCONSIN KID ON THE BLOCK

[beam me up scottie]

1. Bates motel

Wisconsin location.:scared:

[ewagner]

2. ...another entry

for the Wierd Wisconsin series......

[htuttle]

3. Just as long as he didn't eat her this time!

We've had too many cannibals in this state already...

[Wickerman]

4. wow, what a winner

Schuth was being held for three counts of attempted homicide for shooting at Josh Russell, his father, Randy Jr., and Randy’s wife, Melissa, and one felony charge of concealing a corpse, said Sgt. Lee Schmitz of the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department.

Randy Russell was hit in the right shoulder and arm, with another bullet just grazing his right cheek. Melissa said her leg was grazed. Their son was not injured.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. That's X-treme Cryonics!

But you really need to perfuse the body with DMSO and anhydrous sucrose and store the patient in liquid nitrogen.

It cuts down on freezer burn, you know.

--p!

[TahitiNut]

6. Sounds like Social Security fraud to me.

:shrug:

[HereSince1628]

7. or other pension related fraud.

If you don't report the death the government and the pension fund have no way of knowing.

The area, I am thinking Buffalo County in particular, has plenty of assorted shack dwelling wackos up the coolies and in the back-waters.

[dflprincess]

10. You probably nailed it

on the evening news it was said that he has admitted to continuing to cash the SS checks.

[UpInArms]

15. here you go: related: Man confesses to keeping mother in freezer for years

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/26/content_2880021.htm

BEIJING, April 26 -- A US man, only suspected of shooting his neighbor at first, has confessed to keeping his mother's corpse in a freezer for more than four years while he collected her pension.

Philip Schuth, 52, told police his elderly mother, Edith, died of natural causes in August 2000, but he didn't tell anyone because he was afraid police would blame him.

...more...

Eeewwww!

[TahitiNut]

18. "Man Froze Mother's Corpse; Collected Her Social Security Checks"

Man Froze Mother's Corpse; Collected Her Social Security Checks

A 52-year-old Wisconsin man told authorities he kept his mother's corpse in a basement freezer for more than four years while he continued to collect her social security checks. The body was found encased in a thick block of ice in a seated position.

Philip Schuth told local police that his mother had died in August 2000. He claims he initially concealed her death for fear that he would be blamed for killing her. He said his mother's blood was already on the walls of their home from an attack by her cats years ago.

Police found a large, chest-type freezer in the basement of Schuth's house. After chipping away at the large blocks of ice, they found a human knee. The body has not yet been positively identified. An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.

The events that led to the discovery of the body were also bizarre. A local 10-year-old boy told his father that Schuth had hit him. The boy's father and mother went to Schuth's home to confront him. According to court documents, Schuth admitted to hitting the boy, then pulled a handgun and opened fire, hitting the boy's father three times. He was later treated for his wounds and released from a local hospital. Authorities were called in.

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[Lizzie Borden]

8. Why does it always have to happen in Wisconsin?

It's getting downright embarrasing.

[saigon68]

19. The Winters are long and boring, we need excitement in the Winter

[gizmo1979]

9. Did you see the house?

Man that was one spooky house!The kind of house everyone had in their neighborhood as a kid .The one house everyone was afraid of just like that only twice as bad.

[CO Liberal]

11. Walt Disney? Or Jimmy Hoffa??

:-)

[DearAbby]

12. Could be she died of Natural causes and he is just getting her SS check

each month...Or could have been foul play...Weird story to say the least.

[bobthedrummer]

13. That is one more sick person from Wisconsin. We got some history there.

What a horrible story, I guess he was known for always wearing some kind of rubber boots too.
:crazy:

[Voltaire99]

14. Police investigating if there was "any benefit to concealing the body"

*** Theoretical benefits ***

1. Maximize freezer usage.

2. Unperturb cocktail guests.

3. Mom-sized cuts unavailable from Omaha Steak Company.


*** Theoretical drawbacks ***

1. Jehovah's Witnesses stay longer.

2. Can't dress corpse in Packer jersey.

3. Defrosting issues.

[youthere]

16. Two Years in the Freezer?!

That definitely won't be any good. They'll have to throw that out.

[UpInArms]

17. related: Man Says He Kept Mom In Freezer To Collect Her Checks

http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/4415659/detail.html

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Wisconsin authorities said a man told them he kept his mother's body in a freezer for more than four years to collect her Social Security checks.

A woman's body was found encased in ice, in a sitting position.

Police said Philip Schuth told them his mother died of natural causes in 2000, but that he was afraid to notify police because he thought they wouldn't believe him.

<snip>

Schuth surrendered without incident. Investigators found 15 to 20 homemade explosive devices and more than a dozen firearms.

...a bit more at link...

[struggle4progress]

20. This would be a great starter for a game of "Seven Degrees of T.DeLay"

[Baclava]

21. You guys are cold. That is a chilling story!!!

If he killed his dad and put him in the freezer he could have had a popsicle.

[kodi]

22. popsicles i've heard of , but momsicles?

got an uncle in la crosse, i'll call him to find out what happened up there.