Man accused of stealing father's body for reserrection.

[j-kid]

JANUARY 24, 2013 AT 3:15 PMDetroit man accused of stealing father's body faces competency exam
BY CHARLES E. RAMIREZ THE DETROIT NEWS 4 COMMENTS
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Vincent Bright appears before Judge Ruth Carter at 36th District Court in Detroit Thursday. (David Coates / The Detroit News)


Detroit — A Detroit man accused of stealing his father's body from a cemetery was ordered Thursday to undergo a competency exam.


Vincent Bright, 48, has been charged with disinterment of a dead body, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.


Judge Ruth C. Carter granted prosecutors' request for a competency and criminal responsibility exam at the Forensic Center in Ann Arbor during a probable cause hearing in 36th District Court where Bright asked for a different lawyer to represent him — and then changed his mind.


The judge also postponed the probable cause hearing until after a hearing could be held on the results of the competency exam. She scheduled the hearing on the mental exam's report for March 26.


But Carter denied a request by Bright's attorney for a lower bond. He continues to be held on a $75,000 bond.


At one point during Thursday's hearing, Bright asked the judge to have a different attorney appointed to represent him. His court-appointed attorney is Gerald J. Karafa.


"I want a different attorney to explain the reason I did this," he said. "I don't feel he is representing me in my best interests."


"I told him I know what I was doing," said Bright, dressed in a green Wayne County Jail inmate's uniform. "We don't see eye to eye. He thinks there's something wrong with me."


However, after a brief conference with Karafa, Bright said he would keep him as his lawyer.


A few of Bright's family members attended the hearing. A woman shouted "We love you Vince" as he was being returned to the court's lockup area. The group quickly left the courtroom after the proceedings ended.


Police say Bright went to Gethsemane Cemetery on Jan. 14 and took the body and casket of Clarence Street, 92, from a mausoleum.


The next day, police found the missing coffin inside a white van at a Citgo gas station, but Street's body was not inside.


Shortly afterward, officers found the body in Bright's house in the 4600 block of Eastlawn, a mile away from the gas station. The body was in a freezer in the basement of the two-story home, which was barricaded with two-by-four wooden boards.


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[Xavier]

The most surprising thing about this is that it did not happen in FLORIDA

[j-kid]

Ongle because him neva ha gas money fi get dat far, otherwise him would ah did drive an leave di body inna di deep-freezer dung deh instead, til him could resurrect him daddy.

The most surprising thing about this is that it did not happen in FLORIDA

[Suesumba]

they should have allowed him to attempt. they of little faith. what if the man is onto something?

[Peasie]

Sad.

I attended the funeral of a friend whose adult son tried to call down Jesus to resurrect my friend, his father, from the dead. My friend's body was embalmed so this was not like this was a case of mistaken death. We were so sad for the son and prayed that he would receive counseling.

[Xavier]

Sad.

I attended the funeral of a friend whose adult son tried to call down Jesus to resurrect my friend, his father, from the dead. My friend's body was embalmed so this was not like this was a case of mistaken death. We were so sad for the son and prayed that he would receive counseling.

That is very sad. What was the reaction at the funeral? Did he do it during his time to speak?

[Suesumba]

Sad.

I attended the funeral of a friend whose adult son tried to call down Jesus to resurrect my friend, his father, from the dead. My friend's body was embalmed so this was not like this was a case of mistaken death. We were so sad for the son and prayed that he would receive counseling.

... had the son ever displayed *questionable* behaviour, or was it just a one time snap?

[blugiant]

oww christian beeleeve inn da resurrection aff jesus ann de judge implyinn dat de man iss aff iss rocker. freedom aff religion ann jesus christ defense ting aggo gawn

[Gen]

The most surprising thing about this is that it did not happen in FLORIDA

[Gen]

oh wow peas. like Sue said, was this a one time thing or was the son always "off" ??

[j-kid]

If is wan ting yuh can sey fi both ah dem, dem certainly hav whole heap ah faith! Isn't dat whe di bible tell yuh dat yuh mus hav?