Two women are accused of driving the dead body of an 80-year-old man to his bank so he was visible to bank staff as they withdrew money from his account, then dropping him off at an Ashtabula hospital and leaving shortly after, according to an Ashtabula Police news release.
Ashtabula Police confirmed to News 5 Friday that one of the women had been in a relationship with Douglas Lyman for seven or eight years, and the second woman had moved into the home where they all lived a few months ago.
It is alleged that the women had found the man dead inside his home earlier in the day, where they had both also been residing. With the help of another person, they allegedly placed the man in the front seat of his car and drove to the bank, where they withdrew “an undisclosed amount of money from his account,” police said.
It is further alleged that the man was placed in his car “in such a manner that he would be visible to bank staff in order to make the withdrawal,” the release states. Police said it was normal for them to go to the bank together for regular cash withdrawals from Layman’s account.
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