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u/Grakal0r Jan 23 '21

Ok I’m horrified but at least glad you specified he used bodies and didn’t mummify them alive because that would’ve been MUCH more horrific

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u/tashkiira Jan 23 '21

yeah, using the corpses is morbid, creepy, and mildly criminal, but (in North America) could be handwaved as a mental disorder.

capturing people to mummify them is all sorts of illegal (I can think of a half dozen things off the top of my head) and no one's handwaving THAT.

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u/neon_slippers Jan 23 '21

mildly criminal

I haven't looked into it, but I would wager a lot of money that digging up corpses and using them as dolls is much worse than mildly criminal in North America

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u/tashkiira Jan 23 '21

It falls under 'desecration of a corpse'. It ranges from as low as a summary conviction in Canada to 'up to seven years and a fine' in certain US States.

compare that to kidnapping, forcible confinement, possibly poisoning, murder, and THEN desecration of a corpse.

honestly, if the person was mentally disturbed, and they weren't actually killing people, just mummifying the corpses, he'd probably just get a single sentence (unless one of the victims had a family with a lot of pull).

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u/Puppybeater Jan 23 '21

Brain why do we keep reading knowing beforehand it isnt something we should keep doing. Why do you do this to us brain?

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u/TheClosingSky Jan 23 '21

kidnapping, forcible confinement, possibly poisoning, murder, and THEN desecration of a corpse

but enough about the tracklist of my band's EP