A male nurse has been jailed for two years for having sex with the corpse of an 82-year-old patient.
Alejandro Razo, 62, had been tasked with preparing the elderly woman’s body for the mortuary.
But he was caught by a colleague with his trousers down having sexual contact with the pensioner’s remains.
The woman had died of natural causes hours earlier at Sherman Oaks Hospital in California.
CBS Los Angeles said Razo had worked at various healthcare facilities during his 20-year career.
He was employed as a male nurse at Sherman Oaks Hospital in January last year when he was assigned to care for the 82-year-old woman.
Razo was found guilty in June of having sexual contact with human remains.
According to a release by Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office he will serve two years in a state prison, including 180 days in county jail.
Razo has also been ordered to undergo weekly psychological counselling sessions when he is released under supervision.