Florida Woman Lives with Dismembered Body of Disabled Boyfriend She Killed Months Ago
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Florida woman killed her disabled boyfriend and then dismembered his body that she had lived with for months.

A Florida woman was sentenced to life after slaying her disabled boyfriend and dismembering his corpse. On February 24, Penny Rebecca Pospisil, 51, was convicted on all three counts with life in jail by Judge Mary O. Hatcher of Sumter County Circuit Court.

Florida Woman Dismembers Boyfriend's Corpse 

Brevard County police of Florida arrested Pospisil for the gruesome murder of her boyfriend, who was disabled physically. She chopped up the corpse in several pieces, which were stored in the camper they had lived in for almost half a year, reported Meaww.

The culmination of the murder trial last Friday ended in a successful prosecution that established her guilt for murdering Anthony Mitchell, 55, in 2018. The murder occurred in Lake Pan RV Village in Sumter County, said the authorities, after which she went to Brevard County, her residence in an RV. Extra detail said the suspect kept the rotting body until she got caught, noted WFTV9.

Police had several charges against the suspect who killed the victim, listed as the following. They are a single instance of second-degree murder with a life sentence meted against the woman.

Another comment by Judge Hatcher is the abuse of a corpse due to chopping it up in several parts, which carries an extra 15 years to the life sentence. Other minor changes that were mentioned are stealing an automobile of $300 though less than $20,000 with an added five years to it cited Law and Crime.

Remains of Disabled Boyfriend Kept in Camper for Months

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If it was not for the stench from rotting body parts of Mitchell that she kept in her RV that other residents had noticed. The suspect got taken by the police on December 30, 2019, when suspicious odors that gave away the foul play. Each time someone asked where the man was, she answered that the victim was cremated due to death from natural causes.

In police custody, she claimed she was allegedly an abuse victim and committed murder while defending herself. She later admitted all triple charges against her in October 2022.

Based on details from court documents, the prosecutors thought the woman would get the maximum sentence allowable. The called killing of Mitchell was brutal and horrific before he got choked to death. Used as a murder weapon is a blunt weapon striking the victim. Pospisil allegedly softened the body tissues and intentionally left the victim's flesh mangled.

Prosecutors expressed disbelief at how the victim was eviscerated and how Pospisil tried to keep the murder from authorities. Worse is the woman used the dead man's benefits for herself, got money from the bank account, and even got his credit cards.

Other than the eviscerated corpse mentioned in the document, which had more shocking details. The suspect removed the victim's heart and other internal organs. Even the genitalia was removed from the corpse too. Prosecutors described it as very meticulous how the body was severed.

Florida woman slays her disabled boyfriend and dismembers his body in the worst way. It was shocking how Penny Rebecca Pospisil degraded Mitchell's corpse and got a maximum sentence with extra time.

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