Conroe woman facing felony charges after allegedly flushing landlord's mother's remains down toilet

Clarissa Bahamonde was arrested June 25 and charged with abuse of a corpse without legal authority and fraudulent possession of items of identifying information. Clarissa Bahamonde was arrested June 25 and charged with abuse of a corpse without legal authority and fraudulent possession of items of identifying information. Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Via Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Via Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Conroe woman facing felony charges after allegedly flushing landlord's mother's remains down toilet 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A Conroe woman is facing state jail felony charges after she was arrested for allegedly flushing the remains of her landlord's late mother down the toilet.

Clarissa Bahamonde was arrested June 25 and charged with abuse of a corpse without legal authority. Court records show Bahamonde was reportedly renting out a bedroom in the victim's home, Joe Castleschouldt, at the time of the incident.

Castleschouldt was attempting to evict Bahamonde when she allegedly retaliated by repeatedly damaging and taking personal belongings from various parts of Castleshcouldt's home over a period of a few weeks, according to court records.

Bahamonde allegedly stole Castleshcouldt's mother's remains that were stored in a black urn in his bedroom and threatened to flush the remains down the toilet over the course of May 11-12, court records state.

Court records show Bahamonde told Castleshcouldt eventually admitted she flushed the remains down the toilet.

Castleshcouldt reportedly found a wet, nearly empty bag with a grey ashy substance inside it hidden behind Bahamonde's dresser before finding the same substance in a toilet bowl around the water line, court records show.

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Court records state the bathroom was reportedly utilized by Bahamonde and is located next to the bedroom Castleshouldt let her utilize.

"At that moment, Castleshouldt realized the grey substance was his mother's cremated remains," court records state. "After finding traces of her remains, Castleshouldt also found the black urn that was used t0 store his mother's cremated remains, located in Bahamonde's bedroom."

The remains were identified as belonging to Sue Jacobs Castleschouldt, who died on September 13, 2018.

A warrant for Bahamonde's arrest was issued June 20 and she was arrested June 25 with a bond set at $6,000. During the search, Bahamond was found in possession of multiple items of identification and financial information not belonging to her. She was also charged with fraudulent possession of items of identifying information and received a $30,000 bond, court records show.

She is accused of possessing at least ten but no more than 50 items of identifying information belonging to Castleschouldt, court records show. She is due back in court July 18.

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