Overview
- Michael Chadwick Fry was arrested at his Bartonville home after a warrant search and is charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse and a third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence.
- A newly released affidavit says Fry filmed himself throwing a closed white bucket over the FBI’s Dallas field office fence; an FBI agent reported the bucket contained numerous bones that appeared to be human and sent them for forensic analysis.
- Investigators reviewed additional videos showing Fry holding a human skull he called “Elizabeth Virginia Lyon,” and testing is underway to determine if the skull matches the bones recovered at the FBI office.
- Authorities say the probe linked Fry to an urn stolen from an Oklahoma City cemetery with an active case from February, and agents found evidence a coffin was removed from a Denton mausoleum; Denton police later located a damaged mausoleum with remains missing.
- The case began after Fry’s mother reported he asked for U‑Haul money because he “had a body that needed to be moved,” and she provided GPS cemetery searches along with observations about a new shovel and a locked shed.