Two women charged after dead man dropped off at ACMC

ASHTABULA — Two women face charges after a bizarre incident that unfolded when a dead man was dropped off at the Ashtabula County Medical Center emergency room on Monday.

Karen Casbohm and Loreen Bea Feralo have been charged with gross abuse of a corpse and theft after dropping off the body of Douglas Layman, 80, at ACMC and leaving, according to Ashtabula Police Chief Robert Stell and Ashtabula Prosecuting Attorney Cecilia Cooper.

Before arriving at the hospital, the women allegedly first put Layman’s body in the passenger seat of their vehicle, drove to a bank and tried to withdraw money from his account, Stell said.

Later, the women dropped Layman’s body off at ACMC and simply left.

“Before dropping him off they went through a bank drive-thru with him propped up in the passenger seat so that the teller could see him. ... They tried to withdraw money from his account,” Stell said. “The bank had allowed this previously as long as they were accompanied by him.”

Medical personnel had no idea who the dead man was when the women dropped off Layman at the ER, but police eventually located Casbohm and Feralo, who identified him and said the man had died at his Ashtabula home, according to police.

“We filed charges against two women,” Cooper said. “Karen Casbohm and Loreen Bea Feralo were charged with gross abuse of a corpse and theft.”