Bizarre Case of Texas Man Arrested for Abuse of Corpse: The FBI Office Incident
A man from Texas has been arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse after he threw a bucket containing suspected human remains over a fence at the FBI’s Dallas field office and shared a video of the act on YouTube. Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, faces charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence following his arrest by the Bartonville Police Department. The incident began when Fry's mother contacted the police, reporting that he had asked her for money to rent a U-Haul, claiming he needed to move a body. Fry then posted a video on YouTube showing him throwing a closed white bucket over the fence at the FBI office, which was later found to contain human bones awaiting forensic analysis.
In the video, Fry stated that he was trying to get the FBI to intervene in alleged wrongdoing by Denton County officials related to a past arrest, although the specifics of the alleged wrongdoing were not disclosed. Further investigation revealed that Fry had also posted a video showing what appeared to be a human skull at his home in Denton County. His mother discovered suspicious activity, including searches for cemeteries in Texas and Oklahoma City in her vehicle's GPS history, as well as a missing shovel and changes in behavior by Fry. Subsequent searches by law enforcement uncovered additional videos online depicting human remains and an urn of ashes.
Authorities determined that Fry had stolen an urn containing human remains from a cemetery in Oklahoma City, which was already under investigation by the local police. Additionally, evidence at a cemetery in Denton, Texas, indicated that a coffin containing human remains had been removed from a mausoleum. The identity of the remains and Fry's motives for targeting them have not been disclosed. The investigation is ongoing, and the next of kin have been notified about the case.