Rub-A--Dub-Dub, Death in the Tub

(Seattle, Washington) Unusual story.

Phyllis Buchert, 47, was picked up by a 39-year-old man at a Seattle bus stop on May 18 and the two went back to the man's Lake City apartment and had sex, according to Seattle police. The man left to buy beer while Buchert took a bath, and when he returned he found her dead in the tub, police said.

The man, who is not being named because he is not being charged, told police he then dug a hole in a side alley to bury Buchert's body. But the man changed his mind and, instead, poured cold water over her body to keep it from decomposing, a police report said.

Over the next three days the man sat in his apartment with Buchert's body. On May 21, he walked to a convenience store and called his boss from a pay phone. His boss told him to call police, and the man did so the next morning, the report said.

The King County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death was a heart attack.

First thought: Despite his success at bus stops, the guy is stupid.

Second thought: Police might want to take a gander at the guy's side alley.