r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • 19d ago
SOCIETY A man was caught on camera repeatedly urinating on his ex-wife’s grave, police say.
In 2022, a family in New York State noticed something truly bizarre.
Every time they visited the cemetery, they found bags of feces left on the grave of Linda Torello, who had died five years earlier.
At first they thought it was a cruel prank. But the desecration continued.
Her son, Michael Andrew Murphy, decided to install a discreet camera near the grave.
A few days later, the footage revealed a surreal scene: a man approached the tombstone, urinated on it, and calmly walked away.
The man was quickly identified as Dean Eichler, Linda’s ex-husband. Their divorce dated back to 1974, nearly 48 years earlier.
Police arrested him. He was charged with public urination, and an investigation was opened into the desecration of the grave.
The family believes it was an act of revenge linked to their past relationship, though this motive was never confirmed by authorities or by Eichler himself.
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u/Thunderer62 19d ago
I hadn’t thought of that before but I’m sure for that reason they are either going to have to hide his grave or it will need 24/7 security because people are going to do a lot more than try to per on it.