WEEKEND AT BONNIE'S?

     This is a pretty disturbing story. Many of you might remember the 80s flick, Weekend at Bernie's, right? It's about two guys going to their boss's summerhouse for a party and the boss ends up dead, but the two guys don't want to let anyone know that he's dead, so they would prop his corpse up in any way that they can depending on the situation. Well, that kind of sort of happened to this Detroit man. 

     This is Ray Tomlinson and he says that love drove him to road-trip across the country with his girlfriend's corpse in the passenger seat. Yes, that's pretty sick! Tomlinson arrived in back in Michigan on Monday night after driving from Arizona with his 93-year-old mother and his dead girlfriend. His 31-year-old girlfriend died during the road-trip. Determined not to leave her body alone in a hospital and convinced that he had 48 hours to report her death, Tomlinson decided to keep driving and her home to Michigan. He claims, "I cared too much for her."

     Police have not determined a cause of death yet, but said that it could have been a drug overdoes because she was found with an empty bottle of OxyContin. Tomlinson has not been charged with anything and foul play is not suspected. 62-year-old, Tomlinson said that he met the woman, who was homeless, last year while she waited for her boyfriend to get out of prison. He helped her get back on her feet and he let her stay with him. Then, Tomlinson said that he went to Arizona with his mom for the winter and the girl met him there, where they became a couple. The woman was apparently hospitalized at least nine times in Arizona for mental health and drug problems. The couple left to head back to Michigan with Tomlinson's mother after the woman was released from a facility with several drug prescriptions, including one of the Oxys. Then, somewhere in Oklahoma or Texas, the woman was said to have died. 

      Tomlinson was determined to make it back to Michigan, even after an employee from the Arizona hospital learned about what happened when she called to check on her. Tomlinson answered the call, explained the situation and said he'd contact police when he got home. What the hell? By the time, he made it to Michigan, the body had already begun to decompose. Tomlinson told officers that he thought he had 48 hours to report the death. I don't know about you, but I don't even like going to funerals and having to be in a room with a corpse, let alone drive 48 hours with one next to me in the passenger seat. What the hell is wrong with people. I mean, he and his mom had to have stopped for food. What'd they do? Put a blanket over her when they went into a restaurant? Or did they leave her in the car and let people believe she was just sleeping in the passenger seat. The whole thing just sounds so messed up. Also, aren't dead bodies supposed to be put on ice so they don't decompose? 

     Anyway, Tomlinson admitted that he could have done things differently, but was overcome with denial and grief after her death. He says, "I just lost a very close friend." Yeah, and you're sick in the head too! Who in their right mind would drive the width of the United States with a dead body next to them in the passenger seat? I'll tell you who! NOT ME! Sicko!