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An Arizona resident faces serious charges after allegedly breaking into a medical examiner’s office and committing sexual acts on several corpses.
Fenris Lu is charged with four counts of engaging in sexual conduct with a deceased person, third-degree burglary, criminal damage, possession of burglary tools, and attempting to escape custody, as indicated by Maricopa County jail records obtained by Oxygen.
Lu is currently held on a $500,000 cash bond. Should he secure his release, he will be subject to electronic monitoring. At this time, it is unclear if Lu has entered a plea, and attempts to contact a defense attorney for comment by Oxygen were unsuccessful.
The alleged incident occurred during the early hours of May 20. Lu is accused of breaking a window at the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office in downtown Phoenix to gain entry, according to a statement by Sheriff Jerry Sheridan during a press conference on May 21. Sheridan refrained from publicly naming Lu during the briefing.
Once inside, Lu reportedly bypassed administrative areas and accessed a section used for storing bodies. The sheriff detailed that Lu allegedly tore open about 11 body bags and inappropriately touched some of the deceased.
Sheridan has declined to share further details until the families of the deceased are notified.
“I can tell you that the individual is in custody and hopefully he’ll stay in custody for a while,” said Sheridan in the press conference, “until we can clarify exactly what happened.”
Lu did not show up for his appearance in Maricopa County Superior Court because he was declared too “combative” and refused to enter the building, according to a courtroom video published by AZ Central. A judge then declared Lu a danger to himself and others.
The judge scheduled Lu for a status conference on May 27 and a preliminary hearing on May 29.
A spokesperson from the Maricopa Medical Examiner’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Oxygen.