Morgue worker admits sex with 100 corpses

A morgue attendant in the US state of Ohio has admitted to having sex with up to 100 corpses, media reported. 

Kenneth Douglas, from Hamilton, admitted to having sex with up to 100 dead women, while high on drugs and alcohol, over the period between 1976 and 1992, while he worked in the night shift, the New York Daily News reported on Sunday.

“I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down,” Douglas was quoted as telling a court.

Douglas said, in a court deposition: “If I hadn’t had anything to drink when I went to work, it wouldn’t happen,” WPTV quoted Douglas as saying.

His wife complained that he “reeked of sex” when she picked him up from his workplace.

His victims included a, 23-year-old woman, with whom he had sex on the day she died after being strangled. She was six months pregnant.

Douglas’ crimes came to light when the killer of one of the women, appealed his conviction for rape and murder.

Between 2008 and 2012, Douglas pleaded guilty to three separate counts of having sex with a corpse, prompting the families of the victims to come together to sue Hamilton County for continuing to employ Douglas.

The county maintained it could not be sued for the criminal activity of an employee, but the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that a jury could reasonably conclude county employees “recklessly and wantonly” failed to prevent the incidents.

“The county had plenty of notice Douglas was coming to work and was present at work while he was under the influence,” attorney Al Gerhardstein told WCPO.