Karen N. Hooks, Charged with Abusing a Corpse

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8749933

DOVER, Del. - July 26, 2012 (WPVI) -- A Delaware woman has been arrested after, police say, a small boy was found dead in a storage area near her home.

Karen N. Hooks, 33, of Squire Circle in Dover, has been charged with abusing a corpse after the body was found on Wednesday.

However, she has not been charged in connection with the death at this time.

Delaware State Police say the investigation began as a missing child complaint back on July 9th.

Detectives said the tipster was concerned because Hooks, the mother of a 2-year-old, had been due to give birth in June to another baby, but that baby was nowhere to be found.

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This story was covered on Nancy Grace tonight.

http://www.wgmd.com/?p=64326

UPDATE: Bail Increased for Dover Woman Charged with Abuse of Corpse

UPDATED STORY by Kelli Steele 07.30.12: Bail has been increased for a Dover woman arrested for abusing the corpse of her 2-year-old son.

Delaware State Police began an investigation into a missing child on July 9 after receiving a complaint from Family Services that a pregnant woman was no longer pregnant and her young son was missing.

Karen Hooks pleads guilty to abusing son's corpse, lying to investigators
By Antonio Prado, Staff Writer
Posted Nov. 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Updated Nov 18, 2012 at 8:05 AM

Karen Hooks, of Dover, pled guilty to abusing her 2-year-old son's corpse, lying to police twice as they investigated her son's whereabouts and for collecting state benefits for her dead son under false pretenses during a hearing held Friday morning at Kent County Courthouse in Dover.

Read more:  http://www.doverpost.com/article/20121116/NEWS/121119847

Hooks sentenced to prison in toddler corpse mutilation case
By Craig Anderson  Delaware State News
Updated January 30, 2013

DOVER – A 33-year-old Dover woman who pled guilty to abusing her son’s corpse was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison in Kent County Superior Court, the Delaware Attorney General’s Office said.

Karen N. Hooks was ordered by Superior Court Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. to pay $4,500 in restitution to the State of Delaware, receive a mental health evaluation and follow any recommended treatment, maintain employment and provide a DNA sample to the state.

After serving the one-year sentence, the AG’s Office said, a year of probation will follow.

Read more:  http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/119576-70/hooks-sentenced-to-prison-in-toddler-corpse-mutilation-case

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