YORK, Pa. (AP) - A 22-year morgue employee has been charged with taking his own personal photographs of a young woman's naked corpse.
Stewart R. Flaharty, 64, was arrested after officials searched his locker, developed the film in his camera and found four shots of the woman's breasts and genitals.
He was charged with abuse of a corpse and could get up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Flaharty's duties at York Hospital included preparing bodies for autopsy. He was fired on July 26.
A co-worker told officials that he saw Flaharty photographing the corpse of an accident victim in her 20s before work one morning. Flaherty told him the coroner ordered the shots; the coroner denied that.
Flaharty never told police what he planned to do with the photos, but they believe he had no plans to sell them, Detective Mark Seiffert said.
Police were investigating whether other bodies were photographed, but hospital spokesman Barry Sparks said it was probably an isolated incident.
