Karen Range was a 19-year-old Cincinnati, Ohio, woman who was murdered in August of 1982. David Joseph Steffen was convicted of her murder and rape in 1983.
In 2008, DNA tests revealed that fluid found inside the corpse of the nearly beheaded Karen Range was not that of David Joseph Steffan, but of a Mister Kenneth Douglas. Douglas was a former attendant at the Hamilton County morgue where Range's body was kept prior to burial. According to reports Douglas had sex with over 100 corpses during his 16 years at the mortuary.MailOnline: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1157564/Mortuary-attendant-sex-100-corpses.html Mortuary attendent had sex with more than 100 corpses.
Kenneth Douglas Scandal
In 2008, DNA tests allegedly revealed that fluid found inside Range's corpse was that of Kenneth Douglas, a former attendant at the Hamilton County morgue where Range's body was kept while it was awaiting burial. Douglas was arrested and charged with gross abuse of a corpse in late July 2008.Cincinnati Enquirer: Shocking Twist to Murder, Rape (July 28, 2008) On February 26, 2009, Douglas was indicted for assaulting two additional women's corpses in 1991. Prosecutors claim that there were likely many more incidents of corpse abuse by Douglas, but that they'd "never be able to prove it."Seattle Times: New charges against Ohio man in corpse abuse case
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Karen Range News and Information
YouTube Video: Kenneth Douglas is a necrophile (Time: 2:14)
The Associated Press: New charges against Ohio man in corpse abuse case February 26, 2008)
Cincinnati.com: Deters: Ex-morgue worker 'just a pig' (February 26, 2009)
Cincinnati.com: More charges coming in corpse sex case (February 25, 2009)
WCPO (Ohio): Former Coroner Employee Accused Of Abusing Corpse (July 28, 2008)