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.

In addition to stealing his dead cousin’s benefits, Blankenship is also accused of using the man’s credit card…

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