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Texas Man Accused of Tossing Human Bones Over FBI Fence Arrested in Multi-Agency Probe

The case has widened into a cross-state investigation with forensic tests underway to identify the remains.

Overview

  • Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, was arrested March 18 and charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse after a video showed a bucket of bones thrown over the FBI’s Dallas field office fence.
  • An FBI agent reported the bucket held bones that appeared human, and investigators say Fry also posted footage of himself at home with a skull he called “Elizabeth Virginia Lyon.”
  • Police believe the skull and the bones from the bucket came from the same person, though the identity is unknown and lab analysis is in progress.
  • The investigation now links to a stolen urn case in Oklahoma City and to evidence a coffin was removed from a Denton mausoleum, bringing in local police and the FBI.
  • Fry remains in the Denton County Jail on a $30,000 bond, and records show prior arrests including a 2018 crash into Dallas TV station KDFW.