09/05/10Pictures prompt charge of abuse of corpse

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A funeral director at Earthman Funeral Home has been charged with abuse of a corpse after investigators found digital photos dating back five years of the director posing with his penis touching the feet of a nude female cadaver.

According to court documents, James Howard Patton, 38, is free on a $1,500 bond after being charged with a class A misdemeanor.

An investigator with the Houston Police Department was looking into allegations of Internet harassment lodged against Patton by his ex-girlfriend when an April 2 search warrant turned up several photos on Patton's computer.

It was unclear from court documents whether there was more than one corpse and one incident.

Lisa Marshall, a spokeswoman for Earthman's parent company, Service Corporation International, said the photos recovered from Patton's computer were taken in 2004, before he was employed by Earthman at 8303 Katy Freeway.

She said Patton was taken out of service when the allegations surfaced and no longer works for the funeral home.

“These are very disturbing allegations,” Marshall said. “I hope people understand that this incident is unusual and is not indicative of what we're like as an industry.”

Patton could not immediately be reached for comment.


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