Funeral Worker Allegedly Used Body Bag To Steal Life-Size Sex Doll

A Nebraska funeral worker accused ofattempting to steal a life-size sex doll from the home of a recently deceased man allegedly planned to use a body bag to remove the object, according to recent court documents.

Omaha police arrested 42-year-old Ryan Smith in October on charges of burglary, criminal trespassing and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the incident.

The story is getting widespread media attention now after a recent court hearing where Smith attempted ― and failed ― to challenge a probable cause finding that he committed attempted burglary.

At the time of the incident, Smith was employed by Mid-America First Call, a company that assists authorities in transporting dead bodies. He was one of two male employees who visited the home of a recently deceased man on a Friday afternoon.

According to court documents obtained by The Smoking Gun, Smith and his unidentified co-worker entered the residence with law enforcement personnel.

The two men noticed what court documents described as “a very real life size version of an adult female” near the decedent’s bed, and the men made comments about it.

Although law enforcement personnel secured the scene, Smith allegedly returned later that day with a body bag and told apartment complex staff the sheriff’s office wanted him to collect the sex doll for evidentiary purposes.

Smith was let into the apartment a second time, and a management official later discovered the unit’s front door was “deadbolted and latched with the chain across the door.”

The complex representative then confronted Smith, whose shirt, they told investigators, “was untucked and his pants were in disarray,” and refused to let Smith take property from the dead man’s home.

Smith left the