Wrapped Body Found Rotting in Closet After 8 Months Leads to Cousin’s Arrest, N.J. Cops Say

Wrapped body found rotting in closet after 8 months leads to cousin’s arrest, N.J. cops say

A grand jury has indicted a Cumberland County man after cops said he stashed his cousin’s dead body in a closet and continued collecting the man’s benefits to pay his own bills.Steven M. Blankenship, 58, of Fairfield Township, was indicted last week for second-degree desecrating human remains, third-degree charges of theft by deception and fraudulent use of a credit card, and fourth-degree tampering with evidence.

N.J. man hid dead cousin’s body in closet for 8 months, cops say

A grand jury has indicted a Cumberland County man after cops said he stashed his cousin’s dead body in a closet and continued collecting the man’s benefits to pay his own bills.Steven M. Blankenship, 58, of Fairfield Township, was indicted last week for second-degree desecrating human remains, third-degree charges of theft by deception and fraudulent use of a credit card, and fourth-degree tampering with evidence.