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  • WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 2005 5:00 AM

A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother

Submitted by jake_lex

Edited by Christopher

When police got into the home of a Phillip Schuth, 52, of Campbell, Wisconsin, after a 15 hour standoff that began soon after he shot at a neighbor, they found a nasty surprise in the freezer.

Authorities discovered human remains in the freezer Saturday after Philip Schuth shot at a neighbor and held police at bay for 15 hours outside his home before surrendering. He was being held on charges of attempted homicide and concealing a corpse.

Schuth, 52, allegedly told authorities during the standoff that his mother's body was stored in his basement freezer. Investigators later chipped away at an ice block in the freezer until they reached a human leg.

The chest-type freezer was so heavy that a skid loader had to be used to get it out of the home Sunday.

Investigators are treating the case as a possible homicide and say the body could have been stored in the freezer two years or longer. An autopsy is planned.

"We don't even know if it's his mother yet," Campbell Police Chief Ron Latva said. "A leg is in ice. We have not made any identification yet."

One neighbor who did not want to be identified told the La Crosse Tribune for Sunday's editions that Schuth's mother suddenly disappeared about two years ago.

"They used to walk to Quillin's (supermarket), get their groceries and carry them back," the neighbor said. "Then all of a sudden you never saw her."

Neighbors also told the paper that Schuth said he had moved his mother to a nursing home.


In a shocking twist, he is described as a loner who kept to himself.

Delores Helin, who lives a few houses down from Schuth, said she would occasionally see him working in the yard. "I walk by his house a lot and say hello but he never says anything back," she said.

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leiraXariel

leiraXariel

Eugene, OR
December 2004

APR 27, 2005 05:10 AM


In a shocking twist, he is described as a loner who kept to himself.

How weird! :p

dem_z

dem_z

United Kingdom
June 2004

APR 27, 2005 05:35 AM

I hope they find the rest of her.




In the freezer.




Not as light shades or anything.








And please dear ghod not as a flayed skin that he dresses up in.

Sen

Sen

USA
January 2004

APR 27, 2005 05:42 AM

surreal
This guy lived like, down the street from me (on a global scale. Like a town away man.)
Front page news in the local paper.

hollascottmoney

hollascottmoney

The Colony, TX
September 2002

APR 27, 2005 05:44 AM

Sen said:
surreal
This guy lived like, down the street from me (on a global scale. Like a town away man.)
Front page news in the local paper.



I'd watch your back now,man. Be careful when jamming in your room.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

APR 27, 2005 05:55 AM

Sen said:
surreal
This guy lived like, down the street from me (on a global scale. Like a town away man.)
Front page news in the local paper.


I knew you cheese-heads were odd, but man.

[Edited on Apr 27, 2005 by TheIrishBastard]

andreastesfaye

andreastesfaye

Yellowknife, NT
January 2005

APR 27, 2005 06:34 AM

" She puts the on her back....
now put the lotion in the basket....PUT THE LOTION IN THE MOTHERFUCKIN' BASKET!!!....."

Bit of a loner but killer with a needle..er...yuck

undeserving

undeserving

Newnan, GA
October 2004

APR 27, 2005 06:50 AM

TheG

TheG

Somerville, MA
February 2004

APR 27, 2005 06:56 AM

andreastesfaye said:
" She puts the on her back....
now put the lotion in the basket....PUT THE LOTION IN THE MOTHERFUCKIN' BASKET!!!....."



Beat me. Kind of.

Vampirate

Vampirate

Durham, NC
October 2004

APR 27, 2005 07:09 AM

You know, often times I am upset that there is generally no picture to accompany SG news wire items. Now is not one of those times.

Renfield7

Renfield7

Westminster, MD
December 2004

APR 27, 2005 07:13 AM

That's almost Psycho.

bskyb

bskyb

United Kingdom
April 2004

APR 27, 2005 08:17 AM


Investigators later chipped away at an ice block in the freezer until they reached a human leg.


how exactly did she end up in a block of ice? what sort of freezer was he keeping her in? Of course the problem comes if they find out that the body is not they guy's mother.

ThisIsWhoWeAre

ThisIsWhoWeAre

Oakland, CA
July 2004

APR 27, 2005 11:23 AM

demetrius_z said:
I hope they find the rest of her.




In the freezer.




Not as light shades or anything.








And please dear ghod not as a flayed skin that he dresses up in.


I think the folks at Wendy's might have found one of her fingers.

bpatrick

bpatrick

Tampa, FL
March 2004

APR 27, 2005 08:00 PM

I'm glad I decided not to attend
the Univ. of Wisconsin after all.

_El_Zilcho_

_El_Zilcho_

Framingham, MA
April 2003

APR 27, 2005 08:12 PM

leiraXariel said:

In a shocking twist, he is described as a loner who kept to himself.

How weird! :p



This guy gives loners who keep to themselves a bad name!

MisterSatan

MisterSatan

Portland, OR
August 2002

APR 28, 2005 12:15 AM

You know, Washington state might produce more serial killers than most states, but Wisconsin has the market cornered on serial killers that are just plain fucked in the head. Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, and now this guy. Honestly, is there something in the goddamn water there, or what?!

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