A Colorado couple has been arrested, accused of keeping their lover’s body inside their home for nearly a year and a half after his death. According to the Lakewood Police Department, officers arrested James and Suzanne Agnew last month after James O’Neill’s body was found during a search warrant.
Detectives said the couple described being in a “three-way relationship” with James O’Neill and that in interviews with police, they admitted to using his Social Security benefits to pay some of their bills and took more than $17,000 of his money since his death. Detectives also said that Suzanne Agnew admitted to keeping James O’Neill’s body in their residence since his passing sometime in December 2023.
The arrest affidavit details the events leading up to the couple’s arrest, starting with James O’Neill’s brother contacting Lakewood police because he hadn’t been able to get in touch with him. Robert O’Neill contacted police on June 19 to request a welfare check on his brother since his family had not had any contact with James O’Neill since 2019, except for one phone call in 2021…