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Mixed reactions on car magnet making light of corpse in freezer PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 July 2005
july 12, 2005

LA CROSSE, Wis. - Three months ago, after a 14-hour police standoff, a man on French Island had an unbelievable revelation for police - that for nearly five years he kept his mother's body frozen in a block of ice in his basement freezer. The bizarre story became widely known. Now, a La Crosse man is profiting from the peculiar crime.

Dan Gabel, 41, created freezer-shaped, black and white car magnets with red letters that read: "What's in Your Freezer? French Island, WI" and "My Mom is Cooler Than Yours! French Island, WI."

Not one person has contacted him to criticized him, he said Tuesday.

"I ran it by my mom who is 75 and goes to church every Sunday and she laughed," he said. "I thought it was a pretty good test."

He was hesitant at first, when his nephew came to him with the idea right after the incident, but decided to go ahead because the victim's relatives do not live nearby, he said.

Philip Schuth, 52, is charged with eight felony counts after shooting a neighbor April 22 and then holing up in his home on French Island near La Crosse in an all-night standoff with authorities. After, police found his mother's body in a chest-style freezer.

Schuth told investigators his mother died naturally in August 2000, but he was afraid he'd be blamed for her death and he wanted to keep collecting her Social Security checks, his only means of support, according to court documents.

Autopsy reports showed his mother died of natural causes.

Gabel started Global Graphics Solutions out of his home earlier this year. He said he's just trying to stay afloat with his new business, which makes banners, vehicle letters, yard signs and 150 types of magnets.

He said his nephew started selling a few of the freezer-shaped magnets at his job and they took off. The magnets are now at a local bar and Champion Auto Store in La Crosse.

Nearly 400 have sold at $3 dollars a piece at Champion, said salesman Michael Hunt.

He's seen many on vehicles around town and says most people think they are funny.

"I look at it (like) it's not hurting anybody and stuff and I think it's kinda tacky and funny at the same time," Hunt said.

Town of Campbell police officer Hal Henning said he doesn't think it's funny to make fun of a tragedy.

"If it were your mother would you think it was funny?" said Henning, who started at the department after the incident.


http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/12115747.htm
 
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