Woman's grave dug up 'for sex'
Romanian police are hunting someone who dug up the body of a woman and is believed to have had sex with it.
Marioara Dudu had been buried five weeks. Her mother discovered the 46-year-old's coffin ransacked on her daily visit to the grave.
Police in Craiova say they are hunting those responsible under grave desecration laws, but will add necrophilia charges if forensic tests confirm what they suspect.
Mrs Dudu's mother, Ioana Teodorescu, told the Gazeta de Sud newspaper: "The lid of the coffin was broken and my daughter had one of her legs outside. I got scared and I ran to call the police."
Her husband, Marin, said: "Why did they violate her grave? She was buried for five weeks now; she wasn't wearing any jewels or expensive clothes. We are a poor family. My wife never upset anyone. What kind of person raped her and doesn't let her rest in peace?"
Costel Dudu, 28, her son, said: "I only saw this in horror movies. I never thought I'd actually get to live with it."
Codruta Munteanu is a neighbour who washed Marioara Dudu when she died. Now she has cleaned her again. She said: "I didn't feel repulsion, why should I? I washed her after she died too. I cleaned the soil on her clothes and face and I arranged her skirt after the police took all the evidence."
Police Lieutenant Colonel Ion Mita said: "Now we are investigating according to the art 319 of the Penal Code of grave profanation. However, we wait until we have a sure result from the doctors to see if it was a rape so we can add necrophilia to the charges. Unfortunately, so far, we have no suspect."
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