Wayne County Morgue News Today

A woman mistakenly ate a heart-shaped chip that could've entered her in a contest for $100,000, the body of a dead woman was found in an abandoned juvenile detention facility in Monroe, and Friday's winter storm causes power outages; some in addition to last week's ice storm: here are the top stories from FOX 2's Week in Review.

A Michigan morgue employee was caught trying to burglarize the home of a deceased person in suburban Detroit, police said.

As a Wayne County morgue contracted employee removed the body of a man last week, police said he was actually casing the place and was caught burglarizing it - but said he was there as an cleanup crew.

A man broke into a house he knew would be empty because hed transported the residents body to the morgue a day earlier, police officials said.

A man working for a company contracted by the Wayne County morgue is accused of breaking into a home of a deceased person he reportedly helped transport the day prior.

Huron Township police arrested a Michigan morgue worker and his suspected accomplice for allegedly robbing the residence of a deceased man Feb. 15. 

“What more a crime of opportunity, to be able to have access to a home, know the resident is deceased," said Chief Robbins, "interview and talk to the family and ultimately be able to scope out inside the residence, to see what you want to come and take the next day.”

A man working for a company contracted by the Wayne County morgue is accused of breaking into a home of a deceased person he reportedly helped transport the day prior.

County commissioners are demanding answers after the body of a woman believed to be missing sat in the morgue for seven months before being cremated without the family’s knowledge.

Convicted cadaver dealer Arthur Rathburn is pleading for compassionate release from prison citing fears of contracting the coronavirus — though the government says thats hogwash. The Grosse Pointe Park businessman has refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine, prosecutors noted in a court filing Wednesday as they push to keep him locked up. Prosecutors have cited several reasons for keeping Rathburn behind bars, including: A generalized fear of contracting the coronavirus doesnt justify compassio...