Funeral Home Worker Charged with Attempted Theft of Deceased Man's Sex Doll in Nebraska
A Nebraska funeral home worker has been charged with attempting to steal a deceased man's sex doll after being found on the premises with a body bag, according to court documents.
Ryan Smith, 42, was removing a body from an apartment in Omaha with local police officers last October when he allegedly became interested in the dead person's plastic companion. Prosecutors claim that Smith later returned to the apartment complex with a body bag, asserting that he needed the sex doll for "evidentiary purposes."
The apartment complex manager became suspicious and reportedly found Smith locked inside the deceased's home with his "shirt untucked and his pants... in disarray," while the doll was "sticky to the touch,” according to police.
Last month, a Nebraska judge rejected Smith's claim that there was insufficient probable cause to charge him, allowing the case to proceed. A Sarpy County sheriff's deputy's witness statement revealed that on October 6, Smith and another individual noticed the "very real life-size version of an adult female" lying on the bed near the body.
Later that day, the apartment manager contacted the sheriff's office, reporting that Smith had returned, claiming he needed to collect the doll for evidence. "[Smith] became upset when she told him that she was not going to allow him to take the doll as evidence," the deputy wrote. Smith then said he would return with a search warrant.
As he was leaving, Smith asked a janitor about the manager's schedule, raising concerns that he might break in to steal the doll. Upon inspecting the apartment, the deputy found the sex doll "altered near her thigh area" and "sticky to the touch with gloves on." The deputy collected the doll for DNA processing.
Smith was subsequently fired by the funeral company that employed him, according to Omaha broadcaster WOWT.
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