Embalmer charged with castrating sex offender’s corpse

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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (WJW) – A woman in Texas is charged with castrating the corpse of a sex offender.

Amber Laudermilk, 34, was an embalmer at the mortuary facility where the body of Charles Roy Rodriguez was received.

Charles Roy Rodriguez, National Sex Offender Registry

Rodriguez died of natural causes at age 58 in January.

He was registered as a sex offender for life and convicted in the sexual assault of a 31-year-old woman in 2001.

According to court documents, the embalmer received Rodriguez’s body on Feb. 7.

After learning Rodriguez was a sex offender, witnesses report Laudermilk took a scalpel to his body.

One witness, according to court documents, said she witnessed Laudermilk stab Rodriguez twice in the groin, then cut off his penis and stuff it in his mouth. Five witnesses who work at the mortuary came forward in the case.

“No matter what one thinks of his life, the law requires that he be treated with dignity in death,” Precinct One Constable Alan Rosen said.

“This case is about two troubled people: the victim who was a registered sex offender and the defendant, who is accused of viciously attacking his dead body,” Rosen said.

“I don’t know the suspect’s past, but we have the utmost empathy for anyone who has been the victim of a sexual assault or is the family or friend of someone who has been the victim of a sexual assault,” Rosen said. “The facts clearly indicate she was angry, and I hope after this is resolved in the courts, she gets the help she needs.”

Laudermilk is charged with abuse of a corpse, which is a felony. She was given a $5,000 bond. Laudermilk’s next court hearing was scheduled for May.