Jo-Whitney Outland hid mom's body with blankets & air fresheners

[staysblazed_xo]

News outlets report that 55-year-old Jo-Whitney Outland was charged with felony concealment of a body. Bristol police detective Sgt. Steve Crawford says the investigation began Monday when Outland's relatives were concerned about 78-year-old Rosemary Outland. Investigators believe Rosemary Outland died in late December.

Crawford says authorities discovered the body propped up in a chair and covered with more than 50 blankets and pieces of clothing and over 60 air fresheners. He says medical examiners will confirm the identification and cause of death.

Police: Woman hid mom's body with blankets, air fresheners

Authorities say a woman hid her mother's decomposing body inside their Virginia home for weeks, covering it with dozens of blankets and surrounding it with air fresheners to mask the smell.

www.foxnews.com

 

[SimplySpaztastic]

Jo-Whitney Outland told WJHL-TV on Thursday afternoon that she had covered her mother's body out of respect.

LOL.
Doubt it.

 

[McDanel]

LOL.
Doubt it.

Social Security and or pension.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

Propped up in a chair... thats splendid.

 

[Old Man Metal]

Blankets and air-fresheners: a well-tested, time-honored technique. And like pissing in the ocean, it don't do much, but it's better than nothing.

 

[Babs]

LOL.
Doubt it.

"...authorities discovered the body propped up in a chair and covered with more than 50 blankets and pieces of clothing and over 60 air fresheners."

That's one big pile of respect!

 

[tauntonlake]

Febreeze.... for the Fecorpse....

 

[Victoria]

A bit more ...

Jo-Whitney Outland, 55, of Bristol, Virginia, hid the corpse of Rosemary Outland, her 78-year-old mother, under 54 blankets in their southwest Virginia home, said Sgt. Steve Crawford of the Bristol police.

Crawford said a letter written by Jo-Whitney Outland that was found in the home indicated her mother died Dec. 29 and that she covered the body with blankets after failing to revive her with CPR. Outland then padlocked a door and refused to let relatives into the home, masking the scent of the decomposing body with 66 air fresheners as she slept next to the body, Crawford said.

Outland did not have an attorney Friday, according to court records. No one answered the phone at a number listed for her in public records.

“I’ve handled a lot of deceased people but nothing of this magnitude,” Crawford said. “It’s bizarre.”
Crawford said the body was found after Rosemary Outland’s nephew climbed through a window. Authorities said there is no indication of foul play in her death.

The Bristol Herald Courier reported the body had signs of decomposition, mummification and decay. According to the newspaper, Jo-Whitney Outland seemed to be staying at the home after her mother’s death, although authorities found her at a relative’s house.

Outland told police the reason she did not call anyone when her mother died was that she feared being arrested, Crawford said. Adult protective services had contact with the Outlands in the past, he said, although no charges were ever filed.

Outland was arrested Tuesday and charged with concealment of a body, a felony. She was released and is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 28.

Outland was arrested Tuesday and charged with concealment of a body, a felony. She was released and is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 28.

“Forty-four days in the house with a deceased person – what can you really say about that other than that you had to know that you had to call someone?” Crawford said.
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I wouldn't have been able to stay in that house alone with the dead, mother or no for 4 hours let alone 44 days.

Every night I would be imagining something like the image below coming down the hallway to reach me for a motherly kiss goodnight.

 

[EyEgOrE]

"Hey, Ma - you're sure letting that laundry pile up!" - Jo-Whitney Outland, probably

 

[Satanica]

I know people whose piles of laundry are big enough to hide a body in for sure.