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Family members urge end to statute-of-limitations for hiding a body as House committee hears House Bill 459
Summary
Family members told the House Judiciary Committee that hiding a murdered body denied them justice and grieving time, and urged passage of House Bill 459 to remove statutes of limitations for moving or gross abuse of a corpse.
David Markham and Tina Barrett, proponent witnesses at the committee's second hearing on House Bill 459, described how the statute of limitations prevented prosecution for moving a corpse and gross abuse of a corpse in the case of Caitlin Markham.
"There should be no statute of limitations for hiding a murdered body, moving a body, or gross abuse of a corpse," David Markham told the committee,…
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