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Norovirus levels in untreated wastewater at Ashtabula's treatment plant in northeastern Ohio are rising, signaling a potential outbreak; health officials warn the virus is highly contagious, with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea that typically resolve in 1–2 days, and urge residents to wash hands, practice safe food handling, and disinfect surfaces regularly.
Two women in Ohio are facing charges after allegedly driving a dead man to a bank to withdraw money from his account. The women had found the 80-year-old man dead in his home, where they were all living, and then placed him in the front seat of his car to make him visible to bank staff. They have been charged with gross abuse of a corpse and are currently being reviewed for additional charges.
Two Ohio women are facing charges for allegedly driving their deceased male roommate to a bank, propping him up in the car, and withdrawing money from his account. The women, Loreen B. Feralo and Karen Casbohm, are charged with theft and gross abuse of a corpse after allegedly finding the deceased, Douglas Layman, in their home and using his body to withdraw money. They then dropped off the corpse at a medical center and left without identifying Layman or themselves. Both women have preliminary hearings scheduled for Tuesday.
Two roommates in Ohio were charged with abusing a corpse after allegedly propping up their deceased roommate's body to withdraw money from his bank account. The pair, Loreen B. Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, took the man's body to a bank and used the drive-thru teller window to withdraw an undisclosed amount of money. They then dropped the body off at a medical center without providing any information about the man. The suspects have appeared in court, and additional charges are possible.