Kenneth Douglas

Former morgue worker Kenneth Douglas is serving a three-year prison sentence for having sex with the corpse of teenage murder victim Karen Range. Douglas worked at a morgue in Hamilton County, Ohio, from 1976 to 1991. In February 2009, Douglas was indicted on two additional charges of sexually abusing corpses. If Douglas is convicted, he faces 18 months in jail on each additional charge.

On February 26, 2009, news agencies reported that Kenneth Douglas may have had sex with over 100 corpses during his 16 years working at the Hamilton County Morgue.Mail Online: Mortuary attendant 'had sex with more than 100 corpses' (February 27, 2009)

In 1982, a young woman named Karen Range was murdered in her home; according to reports she was nearly decapitated. A door-to-door salesman named David Steffen was later convicted of the aggravated rape and murder of Range. However, Steffen claimed he stabbed Range but never raped her. In 2007, a DNA test proved that Steffen did not rape her.

Douglas was convicted of a drug trafficking offense in 2008. At that time, he was ordered to provide a sample of his DNA. Douglas' DNA matched the DNA found in Range's body.Dayton Daily News: Sex with the Dead Could Cost You Five Years (February 25, 2009)WCPO.com: Convicted Corpse Abuser To Spend 3 Years In Jail (February 26, 2008)

1. Daily Mail.com: Mortuary attendent had sex with more than 100 corpses (February 28, 2009)

2. WTOL.com: More Charges in Corpse Sex Abuse Case; Victim's Family Talks (February 27, 2009)

3. Cincinnati.Com: Deters: Ex-morgue Worker 'just a Pig' (February 26, 2009)

4. WCPO.com: Corpse Sex Offender To Face New Charges (February 25, 2009)

5. Dayton Daily News: Sex with the Dead Could Cost You Five Years (February 25, 2009)

6. WCPO.com: Convicted Corpse Abuser To Spend 3 Years In Jail (February 26, 2008)

7. YouTube Video: Kenneth Douglas is a necrophile (Time: 2:14)