The Pulaski County woman accused of abusing the corpse of her boyfriend at their home last year pleaded not guilty to all charges against her.
51-year-old Teresa Owens went before a judge Thursday to be read her formal charges. Owens’ public defender entered not guilty to all of the counts.
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Owens says she found her boyfriend, 68-year-old Gary Jenks, dead of a stroke back in September of 2015 and decided to freeze him that same day.
She told investigators that she bought the freezer from Lowe’s and had it delivered the day after Jenks died. She says she put lye, an odorless chemical, on the body to keep the smell down.
Shortly after his death, a relative reported Jenks missing. Police say Owens also mentioned to family members that she had been sleeping in a tent in the yard due to a smell coming from her home
Investigators later found Jenk’s body inside of a freezer in the Pulaski County home with his arms and legs tied together. Owens told police she panicked and didn’t know what to do when her boyfriend died.
Her next court date will be March 17.
