Two Ohio women, Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, and Karen Casbohm, 63, are facing charges of theft and gross abuse of a corpse, both felonies, after allegedly propping up the corpse of 80-year-old Douglas Layman in their vehicle.

Layman, with whom the women lived in Ashtabula, about 50 miles from Cleveland, had passed away.

Authorities claim that Feralo, Casbohm, and a third person removed Layman’s body from his residence and placed it in the front passenger seat of his car.

The trio then reportedly drove to a nearby bank, where the women had previously been allowed to withdraw money from Layman’s account as long as he accompanied them, The Smoking Gun reported.

On March 4, the women pulled up to the bank’s drive-thru window, and despite Layman being deceased, a teller apparently did not realize it and approved a $900 withdrawal.

Police allege that the women positioned Layman in the car to be visible to the bank staff, facilitating the withdrawal.

Afterward, Feralo and Casbohm drove to the Ashtabula County Medical Center, where they left Layman’s body without providing any information about him or themselves.

Authorities identified the women and questioned them about the unusual incident.

Written by B.C. Begley