Jessica Padgett, murder, necrophilia

The murder of Jessica Padgett has been linked to necrophilia by law enforcement officials on the case. Padgett, a 33 year old newlywed and the mother of three, disappeared shortly after leaving work in November of this year. Family and law enforcement frantically searched for the young mother, and Padgett’s body was found 5 days after she disappeared. The man responsible, 53 year old Gregory Graf, was the stepfather of Jessica Padgett and is currently still married to Jessica’s mother. Graf murdered Jessica by shooting her in the back of the head, and then he engaged in necrophilia with the body. What is even more shocking is that Graf videotaped his sexual acts with the woman’s corpse, and law enforcement seized the video when it was discovered.

According to the prosecutor involved in the Jessica Padgett murder case, John Morganelli “There is videotape … apparently self recorded by Mr. Graf, of him engaging in sexual acts with the deceased body of Jessica Padgett. This is the first case of what is now shaping up to be necrophilia homicide. We are doing research on this now. It’s a bizarre type of homicide.” What is even sadder in this case is that apparently Jessica Padgett and her stepfather Graf had a good relationship until the murder, with Padgett stating on social media that Graf was like a second father to her. In an unusual twist Graf asked for a taxpayer funded attorney to defend him against the charges, because the suspect told the judge that he did not want to use his own money even though he has the financial resources to hire a legal professional. This request was denied by the court.