1930 US census with Doris Tanzler in Zephyrhills, Florida

1930 US census with Doris Tanzler in Zephyrhills, Florida.

Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1909–1931)

Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1909–1931). After her death Carl Tanzler (1877-1952) encased her body and wax and kept it in his house.

The corpse of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1910–1931) encased in wax and plaster in 1940

The corpse of Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos (1910–1931) encased in wax and plaster in 1940 by Carl Tanzler (1877-1952).

Karl Tanzler van Cosel gained his liberty today after a week spent in Jail while police investigated the strange love that impelled ...

Carl Tanzler (1877-1952)

Key West, October 12, 1940 (Associated Press) Karl Tanzler van Cosel gained his liberty today after a week spent in Jail while police investigated the strange love that impelled him to keep a young woman's body in his bedroom for seven years. ...

Carl Tanzler (1877-1952) in 1940

Carl Tanzler (1877-1952)

Scientist who stole body freed from jail.

Carl Tanzler (1877-1952)

Text:

Scientist who stole body freed from jail. Key West, Florida, October 12, 1940 (UP). Friends today posted $1,000 bond and obtained release fromjail of Carl tanzler von Cosel, aged scientist who stole the body of a young woman he loved from her burial vault and kept the body in his home for seven years. Von Cosel will be tried in county criminal court in November on charges of "maliciously disturbing" the grave of Mrs. Elena Mesa, who died in 1931.

Source:

United Press, October 12, 1940

Doris A. Tanzler (1899-1977)

Doris A. Tanzler (1899-1977)

Biography:

She was born on September 7, 1889 to Carl Tanzler. She died in May 1977 in Zephyrhills, Florida and was buried in Oakside Cemetery. As of 2008 she has no permanent grave marker, just this temporary one left by the funeral home.