The Brief
- Amber Paige Laudermilk, 34, is accused of mutilating the body of a dead sex offender in Houston.
- She was an embalmer at a Houston funeral home at the time of the alleged mutilation.
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Amber Laudermilk
Amber Paige Laudermilk, 34, who was employed as an embalmer at Memorial Mortuary and Crematory in Houston, is charged with abuse of a corpse, a Texas State Jail Felony. The charge is punishable from six years to two years in jail and up to a $10,000 fine.According to court documents, she is accused of using a scalpel on February 7, 2025, to mutilate the body of Charles Roy Rodriguez, 58.
Laudermilk was arraigned on Tuesday morning. Her bond was set at $5,000. She has turned herself in to the authorities.

Charles Roy Rodriguez
Rodriguez died of natural causes at a Houston hospital in January.Rodriguez was a registered sex offender, who received 10 years of deferred adjudication after being charged with sexual assault in 2001.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety sex offender registry, he reported as a sex offender since 2002.

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