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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Alleged necrophiliac faces different charges
2004-04-23
I seem to be running across quite a few of these weirdo horror stories lately. Yesterday it was the cannibal tamale guy in Mexico, today it is this altogether creepy exposition of a gap in California’s legal code:
In a bizarre twist to a disturbing case, a man who allegedly had sex with the corpse of an elderly woman cannot be charged for that incident act. Mahdi Allah, 48, was arraigned in court Wednesday morning and pleaded not guilty to one felony count of possession of stolen property and two misdemeanor counts of trespassing. Allah was allegedly discovered by an employee Saturday morning in the basement of the Hogan, Sullivan and Bianco funeral home on Ninth Avenue, passed out drunk, with his pants down, on top of the cadaver. But that apparently is not a crime in California. According to Assistant District Attorney Adrian Ivancevich, who is prosecuting the case, there are no laws in California that specifically address necrophilia.
I think the usual response is "Git a rope!" Law has nothing to do with it.
"Trust me, we looked all over the penal codes. We looked everywhere. There is no charge for having sex with a corpse," Ivancevich said. "This is just one of those gaps that the legislature has not dealt with." Ivancevich said there were laws against mutilating corpses and disinterment -- digging a body out of a grave -- but not against "having simple sex." The upshot is that Allah, who did not speak during the arraignment, has been charged with the felony stolen property count -- the stolen key with which he allegedly let himself into the funeral home -- and the two misdemeanor trespassing charges. But the prosecutor will not even be able to touch upon necrophilia except in relation to one of the trespassing counts. Ivancevich said that the maximum sentence for possession of stolen property is three years but that it was unlikely Allah would get the full sentence since the stolen property was only a key. There is even the slight possibility that Allah could get off with probation and time served if he is convicted of the current charges. In light of the "unique circumstances," Ivancevich asked the judge to set bail at $100,000 and issue Allah a stay-away order from the Inner Sunset funeral home. The bail hearing will be held Friday.
It is very unlikely that a proper Muslim would be named "Allah" so this is probably a generic Bay-area weirdo who has changed his name as an act of solidarity with the oppressed death cultists and necrophiliacs of the Middle East.
Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy

#7  AC, I was thinking the same thing about this guy being a convert who adopted an improper Muslim name. However, a check of the telephone listings for California show eleven listings for Allah and two for Abu Allah. There appear to be as many from southern CA as from northern part of the state. Since the woman obviously didn't consent could he be charged with rape?
Posted by: GK   2004-04-24 12:42:37 AM  

#6  "... passed out drunk, with his pants down, on top of the cadaver."

brings back some ugly memories, especially 'splaining to the cadaverwife the next morning.....
Posted by: john   2004-04-23 9:50:39 PM  

#5  Gross abuse of a corpse?

Crimes against nature?

Being a sick bastard?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-04-23 7:05:40 PM  

#4  "Allah was... passed out drunk, with his pants down, on top of the cadaver."

That figures.
Posted by: Dave D.   2004-04-23 7:03:31 PM  

#3  Just publish his address and notify the next of kin of the "victims"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-23 6:29:18 PM  

#2  Ivancevich asked the judge to set bail at $100,000 and issue Allah a stay-away order from the Inner Sunset funeral home.

Typical Bay Area procecutor. "We'll trust him to avoid all the other Bay Area funeral homes, as long as he stays away from Inner Sunset."

This is San Francisco after all.
Posted by: Anonymous4052   2004-04-23 5:42:16 PM  

#1  Aaarrghh!
Left out the link:
SF Examiner
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2004-04-23 5:35:02 PM  

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