Woman seen in Texas funeral home video stealing rings off corpse

Woman seen in Texas funeral home video stealing rings off corpse
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Summary Police said after stealing the ring, the suspect fled in a car.

(Reuters) - Police in west Texas are searching for a woman seen in a surveillance video at a funeral home in Odessa stealing a ring from the body of an 88-year-old in an open casket.

In a video posted on the Facebook page of the Odessa Police Department on Monday, the suspect is seen standing alone in front of the body of an elderly woman for about a minute on Friday and apparently twisting the woman s finger to remove a ring. here

Police said after stealing the ring, the suspect fled in a car.

The daughter of the woman, whose funeral was scheduled for Monday, told the Odessa American newspaper the family did not know the suspect. 

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