A South Carolina man was arrested earlier this week after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and dumped her child’s ashes in the garbage.
Joseph Oberlies broke into the woman’s home on September 3 around 3:30 a.m. Mount Pleasant police said in a statement that his ex-girlfriend was not home at the time of the break and he was caught on video entering the home. She said Oberlies broke her flat screen television with a hammer then threw an urn containing her deceased child’s ashes in the trash. Additionally, Oberlies previously showed violent tendencies during their relationship and she feared that he would kill her if she was home.
Oberlies reported denied breaking into the home but said he was “black-out drunk and does not remember” after police said there was video evidence. He also texted the victim and asked her not to press charges while police were at the scene.
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His ex-girlfriend said she didn’t feel safe in her home and will be with staying with a family member until she files a restraining order. Police arrested and charged Orbelies with burglary and desecration of human remains. He was later released from the Al Cannon Detention Center on a $60,000 bond.
A similar incident happened with a Texas woman who threw her ex-boyfriend mother’s ashes into a lake.
Earlier this year, a .woman was charged with abuse of a corpse in relation to a 2020 incident where she allegedly threw the ashes of her ex-boyfriend’s mother Augustine Gladney was arrested after confessing the crime to her ex, Ernest Smith. At the time Gladney dumped the ashes, Smith informed police that they were not on good terms.
Smith added that he heard a conversation between Gladney and her daughter where she confessed to throwing the ashes in Lake Worth. The case went viral after comedian Sara Stone posted a video of herself throwing ashes off the side of a bridge as part of a skit for social media.
If convicted, Gladney faces a year in prison and a $4,000 fine for the misdemeanor.
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