Florida Man Charged With Abuse Of A Corpse For Dragging Woman’s Lifeless Body

Man Caught On Video Dragging Woman’s Lifeless Body To Car Before Tossing Her Into A Ditch

A Florida man was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse after he unknowingly supplied police with home surveillance footage that showed him dragging the lifeless body of a 38-year-old woman through his house.

According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, William Redden, 51, allegedly wrapped the corpse of Stephanie Shenefield in a sheet before dragging her lifeless body to his car and driving to a ditch, where he tossed her remains.

Shenefield, mother of two, took an Uber to the home of Redden, an alleged drug dealer, at 1:20 a.m. on Friday, June 3, per investigators. At some point in the night, Shenefield died inside the house and Redden allegedly disposed of her body instead of calling for help.

 

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Redden, an eight-time convicted felon, told detectives that Shenefield stayed at his house that night but left the next morning.

However, detectives verified through the video footage that Shenefield was at Redden’s home and died there during the night.

Investigators have not yet determined the cause of death. Redden then can be seen “dragging her lifeless body throughout the house” and loading it into a car before driving off, Sheriff Rick Wells said.

Redden was charged with abuse of a corpse, possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of an altered firearm. He is being held at the Manatee County Jail on $108,000 bond.