The Cemetery - Dating's Last Frontier

(Lancaster, Wisconsin) A 23-year-old man, Nicholas Grunke, has been accused of attempting to dig up a dead woman in a cemetery to have sex with her remains.

However, according to defense attorney Suzanne Edwards, Grunke is a shy virgin who longed for a girlfriend and he really only wanted to pose her in a "non-sexual" manner.

Grunke originally faced charges of attempted third-degree sexual assault, attempted criminal damage to a cemetery and attempted misdemeanor theft. A court, however, dismissed the sexual assault charge since the state of Wisconsin doesn't recognize necrophilia as a crime.

It's alleged that Grunke's twin brother, Alexander, and a friend, Dustin Radke, were also involved in the scheme. However, charges against the twin and Radke have not been reported.

The three reportedly arrived at the cemetery in a van with shovels, a tarp, duct tape, a wrecking bar and a box of condoms. They then allegedly commenced digging up the remains of a 20-year-old woman who died in a 2006 motorcycle accident. It's not known how the authorities were initially alerted to the alleged scheme.

Despite how the case is resolved, it's recommended that somebody keep a close eye on the alleged perpetrators in the future.

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[Update] On Tuesday (7/21), Nicholas Grunke was convicted by a jury of theft, damage to property and attempted third degree sexual assault. The sexual assault charge was resurrected after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that sex crime charges can be applied when the victim is dead.

Nick Grunke admitted he planned to take the young woman's body home with him, but says sex was not on his mind. Nick Grunke said, "I was going to take it to a clearing in the woods and just kind of spend time with it....(ok, but not have sex with it?) No."

Grunke described a scene from the movie, "I'll Bury You Tomorrow" in which the main character slow danced with a corpse. He said he only planned to emulate what he saw in that movie.

But Radke tells a different story. Radke said, "Nick said numerous times over the years how he'd love to have sex with a dead body because he wouldn't want to have a woman to come home to holler at, or complain or nag at him. And he said that more than once."

Radke says when Grunke showed him the young woman's obituary he knew right away that Grunke intended to have sex with her body.

Consequently, Nicholas Grunke was sentenced to two years in prison. The judge also ordered Grunke to register as a sex offender and spend the next five to seven years in intense psychotherapy. Notably, the judge said Grunke was the victim of a horrific crime when he was a small child.

On Wednesday (7/22), Dustin Radke was sentenced to one year in prison and 2.5 years of probation.

Alex Grunke was convicted of attempted theft and vandalism only. It's not known what punishment he received.