Guide Note
22-year-old Dustin Radke of Wisconsin is facing charges of third degree sexual assault of a corpse and theft. In 2006, Radke and two friends, Nicholas and Alex Grunke, were arrested after trying to pry open the grave of Laura Tennessen for the purpose of necrophilia.
Fast Facts
- Age: 22 years old in 2008
- Hometown: Dodgeville, Wisconsin
- Attorney: Jefren Olsen1
- Allegedly attempted to pry open the grave of Laura Tennessen on September 2, 2006
- Prosecutor says Nicholas Grunke saw her photo in an obituary and asked his brother Alex and Radke to help
- Tennessen died on August 29, 2006 in a motorcycle accident
Necrophilia Is Now Illegal in Wisconsin
When the men were arrested in 2006, there was no law against necrophilia in the state of Wisconsin. The charges of attempted sexual assault were dropped.2 On July 9, 2008 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a corpse cannot consent, therefore sex acts or attempted sex acts with a corpse is punishable by law.2 The charges against the men were reinstated.
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