Kathleen Theresa Allmond cremates mom on grill

[Unamused Cat]

Kathleen Allmond, Tony Ray


Kathleen Theresa Allmond of Corning is shown wearing a necklace that sheriff’s investigators say contains a piece of her mother’s skull. The white portion of the necklace that encircles a medallion-shaped object is believed to be a part of Ramona Yolanda Allmond’s skull, Capt. Paul Hosler said. This photograph was posted on Kathleen Allmond’s MySpace Web site, Hosler said.

CORNING — The daughter and grandson of an 84-year-old Tehama County woman who apparently died in December have been arrested on suspicion of cashing her retirement and Social Security checks after they allegedly cremated her body on a makeshift barbecue behind their Edith Avenue home.

"You could make a movie out of this," Capt. Paul Hosler of the Tehama County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

Kathleen Theresa Allmond, 50, and her 30-year-old son, Tony Ray, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of embezzlement, elder abuse and conspiracy, Hosler said.

They were booked into Tehama County Jail in Red Bluff in lieu of $30,000 bail each.

Additional charges may be filed later after the sheriff's investigation is finished, he said.

Although the cause of Ramona Yolanda Allmond's death may never be known, her daughter and grandson allegedly allowed her body to lie on the bedroom floor for a week until moving it to a concrete culvert behind their residence, Hosler said.

The culvert had been used by the family as a makeshift barbecue, he said, noting that the family had used it to cook their Thanksgiving turkey several weeks before Allmond's death.

It's not known if they used it after the alleged cremation. "I hope not," Hosler said.

In an lengthy interview with deputies on Sunday, Kathleen Allmond told them that she and her son had placed the body into the barbecue and cremated it by burning a continuous olive wood fire in the culvert for up to 17 hours, Hosler said. Olive wood, he said, makes an exceptionally hot fire.

Kathleen Allmond also made a necklace with a portion of her mother's skull, which she wore around her neck, Hosler said. She posted a photograph of herself wearing the necklace on her MySpace page, he said.

"It gets really weird when you have a piece of mom's skull hanging around your neck," Hosler said.

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[crickett]

Of course, we ALL wonder how she died???
Two twisted sick puppies....I wonder what kind of drugs they do. Look like a couple of stoners

[Gilbrit]

In an lengthy interview with deputies on Sunday, Kathleen Allmond told them that she and her son had placed the body into the barbecue and cremated it by burning a continuous olive wood fire in the culvert for up to 17 hours, Hosler said. Olive wood, he said, makes an exceptionally hot fire.

Setting aside the fraud/theft.

The disposing of the body sounds very planned.
I can rattle off BTU's for firewood and can find online charts dipicting the same.
However, olive wood is not listed.
Trial and error?

[OMalley]

What? What is up with that crazy get up? What's hanging off the flute? What is that tattoo on the guy's forehead?

These people are damn wierd.

[orangeduckfuzz]

CORNING, Calif. - Authorities said relatives of a deceased Tehama County woman cremated her remains on a makeshift barbecue and continued collecting her retirement checks.

Ramona Allmond's daughter and grandson were arrested Sunday on suspicion of embezzlement, elder abuse and disposing of a body without a permit, among other charges. They are being held at the Tehama County Jail in Red Bluff on $30,000 bail, with arraignment set for Thursday.

Sheriff's Capt. Paul Hosler says the 84-year-old Allmond likely had died of natural causes, though investigators are still trying to determine the cause of death.

Hosler says her daughter, 50-year-old Kathleen Allmond, and her grandson, 30-year-old Tony Ray, told investigators they left the body on her bedroom floor for a week before cremating the remains in their backyard fire pit. They then covered the pit and remains with soil and planted a tree on top, according to investigators. The family's home sits in the midst of a 10-acre olive grove, remote from neighbors.

Skull added to necklace?
Detectives say the daughter also fashioned a two-inch piece of her mother's skull into a necklace. Hosler said Ray took a photograph of Kathleen Allmond wearing the necklace, as well as a beaded wire tiara that she believed would ward off radio waves, to post on a social networking Web site.

"It gets really weird when you have a piece of mom's skull hanging around your neck," Hosler said. "I'm not aware of any religion that allows you to burn your family members in the backyard and collect their pension."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27202381/

[w8ng4msrgt]

Another crazy one up the road from me.

[Maggie Mae]

Another crazy one up the road from me.

Something in the water, maybe? Buy bottled. And recycle.

[Jaded]

Kathleen Theresa Allmond, 50, and Tony Ray, 30, were sentenced to 16 months for felony grand theft and six months in jail for disposing human remains outside a cemetery, a misdemeanor. The sentences will be served concurrently.

Tehama County Judge Dennis Murray also ordered the pair to repay more than $21,000 to Social Security and the California Public Employees Retirement System.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...n105459S18.DTL

[DogMom]

Kathleen Allmond also made a necklace with a portion of her mother's skull, which she wore around her neck