TLDR
Texas investigators say online videos and family reports led them to charge Michael Chadwick Fry with abusing a corpse and tampering with evidence after a bucket of human bones was allegedly hurled over fencing at FBI Dallas offices.
A Denton County abuse-of-corpse case centers on YouTube videos, family calls to police, and a bucket of human bones allegedly thrown at an FBI facility. Investigators say that mix pulled agents directly into an investigation.
Court records and jail information identify the defendant as Michael Chadwick Fry, charged with two counts of abuse of a corpse without legal authority and one count of tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse. He was booked into the Denton County jail and later granted a $30,000 surety bond.
Alleged YouTube Video and FBI Response
According to an arrest warrant affidavit described by Fox News and local station FOX 4, Fry’s sister alerted Bartonville police to a YouTube clip that appeared to show him throwing a bucket over fencing at the FBI Dallas property. The video was titled “We send Elizabeth over the FBI fence to summon them by force,” and investigators say FBI personnel confirmed the bucket contained human bones.
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.
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A second video reviewed by police appeared to show Fry at home with a skull he called Elizabeth Virginia Lyon. Investigators have treated that footage, along with the bucket of bones recovered near the FBI facility, as part of the same alleged handling of human remains.
Family Alerts and Earlier Alleged Thefts
The case reached police after Fry’s mother reported that he had asked her for money to rent a moving truck because he had a body that needed to be moved, according to the affidavit. She also reported recent cemetery searches on her vehicle’s GPS and a new shovel at her home.
Bartonville police said Fry had previously been linked to the theft of an urn of ashes from Oklahoma City and a coffin from a mausoleum in Denton, Texas. Those earlier allegations sit alongside the newly recovered remains connected to the FBI Dallas incident, giving investigators a broader pattern to examine.
Prior Arrest History and 2018 Station Crash
Denton County jail records, cited by Fox News Digital, list 31 prior arrests for Fry dating back to 2003, including assault charges, arson, making terroristic threats, and drug and public intoxication offenses. The records describe arrests rather than case outcomes.
Local outlet FOX 4 has also reported that Fry was accused of crashing a truck into its downtown Dallas office in 2018 to draw attention to a 2012 police shooting in Denton County that killed his friend. According to the station, “He got out of the truck, ranting and throwing sheets of paper onto the sidewalk,” and later apologized during a court hearing.
Fry now faces fresh felony allegations that depend on how investigators document the recovered remains and their origins. Future court filings and hearings will determine what, if any, of the alleged conduct is proven.
