Lab tech charged with having sex with a corpse

(Teaneck-WABC, Oct. 30, 2007) (WABC) -- In New Jersey, a hospital lab technician is under arrest, charged with a gruesome crime. Police say he had sex with the body of a 92-year-old woman in the morgue.

Eyewitness News reporter Lauren Defranco has more from Holy Name hospital in Teaneck.

The part-time lab technician at Holy Name Hospital is charged with this disturbing and unimaginable crime.

Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Marino arrested was arrested at the hospital on Sunday. He is accused of having sex with the body of a 92-year-old woman.

Police say Marino asked a security guard for access to the morgue. The guard notified Teaneck Police after witnessing the crime.

Marino is a part-time worker at Holy Name. He has his own myspace page in which he claims to be a sports enthusiast, who loves football, martial arts and partying.

We are told he was employed full-time at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey.

A spokesperson for Holy Name released a statement saying: "This heinous crime is a travesty. We are horrified and saddened for the family of the patient and are completely empathetic and sympathetic to them."

Marino is charged with desecrating human remains. If convicted he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

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