DENVER (KDVR) — A man and a woman are facing charges including abuse of a corpse and theft after allegedly not reporting the death of a man with whom the two were in a “three-way relationship,” according to a Lakewood police affidavit.
James Agnew and Suzanne Agnew are charged in Jefferson County court in the death of James “Jim” O’Neill, who police in the affidavit said died sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 20 in 2023, after O’Neill’s family reported in June this year that they hadn’t heard from him since 2019.
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Police alleged the two were still collecting on O’Neill’s social security benefits even after his 2023 death and took more than $17,000. O’Neill has also called Jeffcom dispatch weeks before his suspected date of death about being worried his roommate would hurt him
The two are charged with:
- Tampering with a deceased human body
- Theft between $5,000 and $20,000
- Abuse of a corpse
- Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device between $5,000 and $20,000
According to the affidavit, O’Neill’s brother on June 19 requested a welfare check on him at an address in Lakewood after his family hadn’t heard from him since 2019 aside from a phone call in 2021…