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Published July 06, 2010, 12:00 AM

Woman who kept corpses


Jean Stevens, 91, holds a photograph from the 1940s of herself and her late husband, James, outside her home in Wyalusing, Pa., in June. Authorities say Stevens stored the bodies of her husband, who died in 1999, and her twin, who died in October 2009, on her property. As state police finish their investigation into a singularly macabre case, no charges have been filed, Stevens wishes she could be reunited with James Stevens, her husband of nearly 60 years, and June Stevens, her twin. But their bodies are with the Bradford County coroner now, off-limits to the woman who loved them best. A prosecutor now says the woman will be able to use an above-ground crypt or mausoleum to keep the corpses on her property, if she wishes. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
Read the article: If she builds crypt, woman, 91, may keep corpses of husband, twin sister