A Colorado couple lived alongside the rotting corpse of their three-way lover for greater than a yr and spent his Social Safety checks — as their tiny canines generally “chewed” his physique, in keeping with cops.
James Agnew, 55, and Suzanne Agnew, 57, of Lakeland, allegedly hid the stays of longtime ménage à trois accomplice James O’Neill, 64, beneath an air mattress at their condominium in Lakeland after he died in December 2023, police mentioned in a jaw-dropping arrest affidavit.
Cops unearthed the twisted love triangle — and O’Neill’s decomposed corpse — throughout a welfare verify on July 3, when O’Neill’s brother despatched them to the house to search for him, Lakewood Police mentioned.
After the ugly discovery, Suzanne allegedly instructed cops she didn’t take away O’Neill’s physique or name authorities after he died as a result of she didn’t need to “give [him] up,” in keeping with the affidavit.
She allegedly additionally admitted to cops that she and her husband determined to cover O’Neill’s physique beneath an air mattress as a result of her chihuahuas had begun “chewing” on his physique, the police mentioned.
The couple allegedly used their useless lover’s checking account and Social Safety funds for months earlier than police discovered O’Neill’s physique, in keeping with cops.
Through the welfare verify, James allegedly posed as O’Neill and insisted to police he needed nothing to do along with his household, in keeping with police.
The couple was arrested on 4 prices, together with theft and tampering with a corpse, however haven’t been charged in reference to O’Neill’s loss of life.
Suzanne instructed police she believed O’Neill had died of an unspecified medical downside as a result of he was ill, in keeping with cops.
O’Neill had been estranged from his household, however his brother wanted to get in touch with him to tell him he’d inherited some cash, in keeping with KUSA, which was first to report the story.
