Man allegedly sexually abused corpses after breaking into medical examiner's office — and it was caught on video



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The friend of a man who was allegedly caught on video sexually abusing corpses said he was spiraling after getting addicted to methamphetamine.

Phoenix police said that 31-year-old Fenris Lu broke into the medical examiner's office in Maricopa County at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday and abused nearly a dozen corpses.

'When you are deceased, you are helpless. It's sort of the ultimate control freak type of fun to have.'

Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan said that Lu broke open the body bags of the corpses. Multiple law enforcement sources told KSAZ-TV that the man sexually abused the bodies of four men and it had been recorded on video.

Sheridan added that no medicolegal death investigations were compromised, despite contamination concerns from the alleged abuse. The sheriff said none of the bodies had been a part of any criminal investigation.

Dr. Rebecca Hsu, a forensic pathologist at Hsu Enterprises, told KSAZ that Lu was likely suffering from mental illness.

"With a lot of mental disorders, there may be some sort of control issue," she said. "Because frankly, when you are deceased, you are helpless. It's sort of the ultimate control freak type of fun to have because the people that you are touching have no way to engage you or to fight back."

The man who said he was a longtime friend of Lu told KTVK-TV that Lu was originally from China and had been in a PhD program at the University of Washington and even taught students there.

He said Lu moved to Phoenix to pursue a relationship that had become toxic. He claimed that Lu's mental state began to decline after he got addicted to methamphetamine.

"I feel really sorry for all the families that have their loved ones in that facility and they've been assaulted like this, but it also — this could've been prevented if he had better help for people who struggle with addiction and illness," the man added.

He also refused to believe Lu had sexual motivations for the alleged abuse.

"I don't believe his motives were just to, like, go satisfy himself sexually and get away with it. I strongly believe that he was in some kind of psychosis or mental illness state," the man said.

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The friend had positive recollections about Lu, however.

"His intellect was really beautiful. ... We talked about life and anything and as much of a genius he is, he's also not right in the head for what happened to him. I'm really sorry that this happened to him," he said.

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Noem urges swift passage of SAVE Act to prevent illegal aliens from disenfranchising American voters



Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference in Arizona on Friday to urge the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

Noem addressed reporters after attending a roundtable discussion with local officials, including Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright, and state Rep. John Gillette (R).

'There’s only one reason that anyone would oppose this bill, and that’s because they would want to cheat.'

The secretary emphasized that President Donald Trump has made election integrity one of the administration’s top priorities of its Make America Great Again agenda.

Noem stated that the nation’s election system “needs a lot of work,” adding that America currently has a “golden opportunity” to demonstrate that it is “serious about securing our elections and that we care about making sure that we preserve our sacred republic.”

She noted that the House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act earlier this week, contending that its passage would implement “common-sense, straightforward” measures, including requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and states’ removal of noncitizens from voter rolls.

“These measures are extremely popular with American citizens,” Noem continued. “American people have common sense, and they want to see reforms like this put into their elections.”

Noem highlighted a recent poll that found 84% of Americans support requiring a photo ID to vote and 83% support requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

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“It’s common sense that our elections should belong to the American people, that they should be the ones who get to vote, whose votes are counted, that they get one vote, not more, not less,” Noem said. “It’s common sense to make sure that foreign nationals don’t vote in our elections, don’t elect our leaders and have a say in how our country runs.”

“It’s a fact that noncitizens have been voting in our elections. They’ve been registered, and they have voted from state to state,” she added.

The secretary provided examples of noncitizens who had voted in prior elections, including an illegal alien registered to vote in Maryland and another illegal alien registered in Kansas.

“As it stands, current guidelines for the National Voter Registration Act effectively stop states from going forward and checking citizenship during registration. The SAVE America Act would fix this,” she declared.

Noem addressed left-wing criticism that the SAVE Act would prevent American citizens from voting, including claims that newly married women would be disenfranchised when they have a name change and that the measure would make it impossible for U.S. service members to vote when deployed overseas.

She called these claims “just absurd” and “completely false.”

“Each of the arguments that have been laid out to criticize this bill are baseless speculation from the radical left because they want illegal aliens to vote in our elections,” Noem stated.

“There’s only one reason that anyone would oppose this bill, and that’s because they would want to cheat."

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Reporters pressed Noem for specifics about Arizona’s election system, including whether “emphasizing election security threats without evidence” would “undermine public confidence” or further “misinformation.”

“We have a SAVE program that is available to the state of Arizona,” Noem replied, explaining that the state’s election officials could use the program to ensure that those on its voter rolls are verified.

Noem expressed concern that there are likely “many” individuals on Arizona’s voter rolls who should not be casting a ballot, including individuals who may be living in another state.

“I understand that you have mobile homes and boats on lakes that individuals may have as their voter registration address, but not necessarily that is where they live,” she said. “They live in another state, such as California or on the East Coast.”

Noem stated that Arizona has a history of being “an absolute disaster on elections.”

“Your leaders have failed you dramatically by not having systems that work, by disenfranchising the Americans who wanted to vote, that had to stand in lines for hours because machines failed or software failed. There’s no state that could use more improvement than Arizona,” Noem stated.

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Minnesota’s fraud scandal has an Arizona sequel



Over the past two months, Minnesota’s widening fraud scandals have drawn national attention. Investigators and watchdogs have uncovered what appear to be major abuses of taxpayer dollars tied to fraudulent day care and health care operations, and Democrat officials who oversaw the programs look, at minimum, asleep at the switch.

Minnesota isn’t alone.

Arizona’s reputation rests on independence and straight dealing. Katie Hobbs and Kris Mayes have replaced that image with stonewalling, favoritism, and excuses.

In Arizona, Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) and Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) have spent the past three years building a record that looks less like competent governance and more like protection for a corrupt status quo. Again and again, their offices have resisted transparency, shielded allies, and resisted oversight — while Republicans in the legislature have tried to drag basic accountability back into view.

Whether in Minnesota, Arizona, or any other jurisdiction across the country, taxpayers deserve better than a government that treats disclosure as optional and oversight as an attack.

Inaugural fund secrecy

Arizona governors often raise private money to cover inaugural expenses and then transfer leftover funds to the state. Hobbs broke that norm. Her office resisted disclosing donor information and withheld more than $1 million that should have gone back to taxpayers, triggering a direct clash with the legislature.

Lawmakers responded by writing the old precedent into law: Future administrations must fully report inauguration fundraising and spending. The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support — proof that this wasn’t a partisan gripe. Even Democrats understood that Hobbs had created a mess for herself.

A pay-to-play stench

The most serious cloud over Hobbs’ administration is an alleged pay-to-play scandal involving the Department of Child Safety.

The Arizona Republic reported that Sunshine Residential Homes, a for-profit group home operator with state contracts, received a significant rate increase approved under Hobbs’ administration after donating to Hobbs’ inaugural fund. The same request had been denied under the outgoing Republican administration.

The reporting also noted that Hobbs’ DCS did not approve comparable increases for other group homes. At the same time, the DCS ended contracts with 16 group homes — making Sunshine’s preferred treatment look even more suspect.

Mayes announced an investigation, then tried to push Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and the Arizona auditor general off the case — even though legislators had asked those offices to investigate. Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee publicly rejected Mayes’ attempt and urged the county and auditor investigations to continue.

Since then, Mayes’ office has offered little public clarity. Nearly two years without meaningful updates invites the obvious question: Was the “investigation” a press release designed to run out the clock?

Hobbs then vetoed a bill last session meant to close loopholes and prevent future executives from gaming the system.

SNAP: Fighting anti-fraud efforts

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program doles out nearly $100 billion a year. It also attracts fraud. The Government Accountability Office flagged $320 million in stolen benefits between October 2022 and December 2024. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2023 estimated that around 12% of SNAP benefits were fraudulent.

That should make anti-fraud measures easy to support.

Instead, Mayes sued the Trump administration over efforts to gather more information from states about SNAP beneficiaries. Hobbs refused to comply with data requests. Whatever one thinks about SNAP’s scope, no serious public servant should block reasonable efforts to root out fraud and protect taxpayers.

When elected officials fight transparency in a program that moves billions of dollars, they aren’t defending the vulnerable. They are protecting a system that invites abuse.

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A shady operator

Kris Mayes has other problems.

U.S. Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R-Ariz.) has asked the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of a pay-to-play bribery scheme involving Mayes and outside political groups, claiming she traded official actions for political benefits.

And late last year, a top official in Mayes’ State Government Division was arrested on charges related to controlling and trafficking stolen property. The city of Peoria had reportedly warned Mayes’ office nearly two years earlier about serious allegations involving that official, yet she remained in a position of authority until her arrest.

Arizona’s reputation rests on independence and straight dealing. Hobbs and Mayes have replaced that image with stonewalling, favoritism, and excuses.

Voters should take note. If Arizonans want honest government, they will have to demand it — at the ballot box and through aggressive oversight — before the culture of corruption becomes permanent.

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Arizona to purge up to 50,000 noncitizens from voter rolls in election integrity win



All of Arizona's 15 counties are preparing to purge up to 50,000 noncitizens from their voter rolls as a result of a settlement with America First Legal.

On behalf of EZAZ.org and Yvonne Cahill, a registered voter and naturalized citizen, AFL filed a lawsuit in August against the counties, arguing that they violated state law by failing to require proof of citizenship to vote in local and state elections. The counties were also accused of failing to perform monthly noncitizen voter roll checks.

'It will also potentially enfranchise federal-only voters whose citizenship is confirmed, which would allow them to vote in state and local elections.'

The complaint was terminated on April 9 after the parties reached a stipulation of dismissal.

As a result, all 15 counties sent requests to the Department of Homeland Security to assist them in cleaning up their voter rolls by verifying citizenship status.

Nearly 50,000 "federal-only" registered voters on the counties' rolls have not provided proof of citizenship, Fox News Digital reported.

AFL senior counsel James Rogers called the settlement "a great result for all Arizonans."

He told Fox News Digital that the counties' partnership with the DHS "will help County Recorders find and remove any aliens on their voter rolls."

"It will also potentially enfranchise federal-only voters whose citizenship is confirmed, which would allow them to vote in state and local elections. AFL congratulates each of Arizona's 15 county recorders for taking this bold and important step for election integrity in the state," Rogers stated.

On April 8, Maricopa County confirmed that the recorder's office had "initiated communications" with the DHS.

The county said, "The Office is seeking assistance to verify the citizenship status of registered voters who have not provided Documentary Proof of Citizenship (DPOC). This action aligns with Arizona law and underscores the Recorder's responsibility to maintain accurate voter registration rolls."

Maricopa County recorder Justin Heap stated, "I promised the voters of Maricopa County that I would pursue every avenue to clean up our voter rolls, and that's exactly what we're doing. Ensuring only citizens can cast a ballot in future elections is essential to restoring trust in Maricopa County elections. It is my sincere hope that DHS will respond affirmatively and provide the resources we need to run comprehensive checks of our voter registration system against their non-citizen database. 'One citizen, one vote' isn't just a slogan, it is the right of every American citizen."

Anything else?

In September, Maricopa County's then-recorder Stephen Richer explained that state officials had discovered a decade-old "flaw" that allowed 97,000 individuals to register to vote without providing proof of citizenship. He noted that the error had impacted every county since 2004.

"Unfortunately, the way the system was designed allowed for one group of voters through the cracks," Richer said.

The Secretary of State's Office later found that the number of registered voters with non-verified citizenship was actually closer to 218,000.

"This data set includes approximately 79,000 Republicans, 61,000 Democrats, and 76,000 Other Party (OTH), bringing the total of impacted individuals to approximately 218,000," the office stated.

AFL sued the office for "illegally withholding" the list of voters. Arizona's secretary of state turned over the list to AFL in November.

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