Man arrested for having sex with COVID-19-stricken woman’s corpse

– subsequently placed in quarantine

A Port Kaituma, North West District (NWD) man was arrested after he was caught having sex with a dead woman who was tested positive for COVID-19.
The man was identified as 50-year-old Leroy Chacon of Trainline Port Kaituma, NWD, and was reportedly caught having sexual intercourse with the corpse of the 56-year-old woman at the hospital’s mortuary.
The dead woman is said to be a farmer of 14 Miles, Arakaka, North West District, who would have succumbed on September 21, 2020. However, a test that was performed on the woman later confirmed that she tested positive for the deadly virus.
Reports indicated that the suspect was seen in the mortuary committing the offence and police were immediately summoned. He was subsequently arrested and placed in a facility for quarantine under Police guard.
According to Police, Chacon was not tested for COVID-19, but will be tested after 72 hours.
Meanwhile, when Guyana Times contacted a psychologist on Tuesday to explain the cause of one having fantasies about corpses, she explained that it is called necrophilia.
According to the psychologist, necrophilia is a paraphilia which involves an individual being sexually aroused by fantasies of or actual sexual contact with a deceased person.
The psychologist explained that one must experience at least six months of intense, recurring urges or fantasies involving sexual contact with corpses to be diagnosed with necrophilia.