A Texas man accused of abusing a corpse allegedly threw a bucket of human remains over the fence of the FBI’s Dallas field office – and captured it on video, according to newly released arrest documents.
Michael Chadwick Fry, 41, was taken into custody Friday and charged with abuse of corpse without legal authority following an investigation that has revealed disturbing details.
An investigation was launched earlier this week when Fry’s mother called the Bartonville Police Department after he asked her for money to rent a U-Haul, claiming he “had a body that needed to be moved,” according to the arrest warrant affidavit viewed by FOX4.
Police responded to the Bartonville home in Denton County, but Fry had already fled after he “became irate” following the conversation with his mother.
The investigation escalated when Fry’s sister showed officers a YouTube video he had posted titled, “We send Elizabeth over the FBI fence to summon them by force” – which allegedly shows Fry throwing a closed white bucket, which he claimed contained “Elizabeth’s remains,” over the fence at the FBI’s Dallas office.
Investigators later reviewed footage that they say shows Fry at the location referencing “Elizabeth’s remains” before tossing the bucket.
FBI Dallas confirmed that the bucket contained human bones.
In another video posted on March 16 and titled, “Fry and Barto news! Where we reveal mass killers,” Fry is seen displaying a human skull on a table outside his Bartonville home.
Fry refers to the skull as “Elizabeth Virginia Lyon,” in the video and investigators believe it may be connected to the bones found at the FBI office. The remains are being tested to confirm the identity.
Fry’s mother also told police she discovered GPS searches for cemeteries in his car. One cemetery was located in Arlington, Texas, and two were located in Oklahoma City. She also reported that she had noticed a new shovel at the home and said Fry had recently started locking a shed that’s behind the house.
Investigators later determined that Fry had stolen an urn containing human remains from a cemetery in Oklahoma City, where an active theft case began in February. Authorities also found evidence at a Denton cemetery indicating a coffin had been removed from a mausoleum, according to a police release.
Police confirmed to FOX4 that Fry is also the same man involved in a 2018 incident in which a truck was driven into the station’s building in downtown Dallas during a morning newscast.
In that case, investigators said Fry crashed a rented pickup truck into the station and scattered thousands of papers with phrases including “high treason” and “witchery.” The documents were printed news reports related to a 2012 Denton County shooting in which deputies killed a driver who had been ramming a police vehicle. Fry was a passenger in that vehicle.
No one was injured in the 2018 incident. Police said Fry appeared to be seeking media attention and was “mostly rambling.” He later apologized to FOX4 during a court hearing.
A search of court records revealed a lengthy criminal history for Fry. He has been arrested more than two dozen times since 2003 on charges including assault causing bodily injury, burglary of a habitation, theft, terroristic threat, criminal mischief and resisting arrest.
In the current case, Fry is charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse and one third-degree felony count of tampering with evidence, according to Bartonville police.
He is currently being held at the Denton County Jail on a $30,000 bond.
