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Texas Man Arrested for Abusing Corpse, Linked to Theft

3/22/2026

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Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, was arrested in Texas for allegedly abusing a corpse by throwing human remains over the FBI's Dallas field office fence.
The investigation started after Fry's mother reported his request for money to move a body.
Police discovered videos in which Fry claimed to show the remains of "Elizabeth Virginia Lyon."
Fry is also linked to a theft case involving an urn from a cemetery in Oklahoma City.
He has nearly 30 arrests since 2003 and faces charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, with a bond set at $30,000.

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Story summary

Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, was arrested in Texas for allegedly abusing a corpse by throwing human remains over the FBI's Dallas field office fence.
The investigation started after Fry's mother reported his request for money to move a body.
Police discovered videos in which Fry claimed to show the remains of "Elizabeth Virginia Lyon."
Fry is also linked to a theft case involving an urn from a cemetery in Oklahoma City.
He has nearly 30 arrests since 2003 and faces charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, with a bond set at $30,000.