Fact or Fiction

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MESA, Ariz. — Police in suburban Phoenix say they have arrested a man suspected of killing his girlfriend and living with her body for more than two months.

Thirty-five-year-old Erik Grumpelt was charged Tuesday with one count of second-degree murder.

After receiving a tip from Grumpelt's father, Mesa officers went to the suspect's apartment Monday and discovered the body of 39-year-old Melinda Raya on a bedroom floor under several sheets. Investigators say the body was in an advanced state of decomposition and surrounded by air fresheners.

Authorities say on May 19, Grumpelt struck Raya several times in the abdomen after learning she had cheated on him. When she became unresponsive, police say Grumpelt panicked and tried to hide her body.

My favorite part of the story, of course, is that they discovered her body with air freshners all around her.

Are you freaking kidding me?

And how do you live like that for two months?

Wouldn't you consider moving?

Wouldn't you consider finding a place to put the body?

How does a routine day go around there? Do you still set a place for her at the dinner table? Do you sleep in the same bed? Or the same room?

Again!

Are you freaking kidding me?

They lived in Mesa, Arizona. Isn't it hot there? How in the hell?

Ahh, forget about it.

I can't even do this story justice.

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