A disturbed Texas man stands accused of desecrating graves by stealing human remains from mausoleums and cemeteries, then hurling a bucket of bones over the FBI’s Dallas field office fence to “summon” agents into investigating his personal grievances. Michael Chadwick Fry faces charges of two counts of abuse of a corpse and one count of tampering with evidence after his bizarre stunt, which he filmed and uploaded to his YouTube channel “Fry and Berto news!”—titled “We send Elizabeth over the FBI fence to summon them by force.”
What Unfolded
- The Incident: Fry approached the FBI window demanding a “status check” on his complaints about “dead family and friends.” Dissatisfied with their tip line info, he fetched a bucket labeled “Elizabeth Virginia Lyon” from his trunk, tossed it over the fence, and drove off promising “more bones” and video sequels.
- Investigation Trigger: His own mom called Bartonville PD when Fry demanded U-Haul cash to “move a body.” Cops linked him via FBI tips, YouTube vid, GPS searches for TX/OK cemeteries, and evidence of break-ins (Denton, TX mausoleum coffin; OKC urn at his mom’s).
- Prior Antics: In 2018, he crashed into a Fox station over a police shooting, leaving a fake bomb bag.
Fry’s held on $30K bond in Denton County Jail; DNA testing pending on “Elizabeth.” This macabre bid for attention echoes grave-robbing cases like the 2023 Harvard Medical body parts scandal—driven by delusion over loss. Chilling how public stunts backfire into arrests. What grabs you about this one?
