Texas woman sought for stealing ring off corpse in funeral home
Authorities in Odessa, Texas are searching for a woman who brazenly waltzed into a local funeral home on Friday and stole a ring off a corpse following a memorial service.
The incident was caught on video, showing the unidentified woman walking into the room where Lois Hicks' body lay, in a casket, and taking the ring from the corpse. According to the Odessa American, the woman jerked the ring off Hicks' hand so hard, it tore Hicks' skin.
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Vel McKee, Hicks' daughter, said the ring was a symbol of love for Hicks' husband who passed away three years ago. “I can’t believe someone would be that low,” McKee said, "It makes me sick to my stomach."
The funeral home's director, Bill Vallie, said this type of gruesome theft happens occasionally but added surveillance footage also caught images of the woman's license plate which should be enhanced.
McKee plans to press charges if the woman is arrested.
Officials told ABC News that the ring, which is plastic, is worth only $10.
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Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
