Real-Life ‘Psycho’: AZ Cops Find Mom’s Decomposing Body in Home of Horror Filmmaker
- Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:47pm by
Scott Baker
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TOMBSTONE, Ariz.– It‘s a scene straight out of Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”
A Tombstone filmmaker was arrested Wednesday after authorities found a decomposed body of a woman believed to be his mother inside his home.
Tombstone Marshal Billy Cloud said his office received a call on Wednesday to do a welfare check at the home of 68-year-old Jill Fattig.
A deputy was sent to Fattig’s home, but when no one answered, he went to question her son, Timothy Fattig, a filmmaker for Desert Scream Productions, a horror-film production company.
Fattig told deputies that when he found his mother dead, he was so overcome with grief he never reported her death. Fattig had been telling people around Tombstone for several months that his mother was in a hospital in Tucson, Cloud said.
If an autopsy finds that the woman died of natural causes, any charge against Fattig will likely be downgraded to failure to report a death, a misdemeanor, Cloud said.
Fattig is an author and historian who wrote a biography of Wyatt Earp.
His Facebook page says he works for Desert Screams Productions, which focuses on making and producing horror films.
As I poked around the MySpace page for Desert Screams I did note that they have a montage video of some of their favorite video moments. It ends with a notoriously creepy look from Norman Bates in “Psycho.”
Here’s the montage:
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Comments (73)
Klibb
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:54pmPublicity stunt. If only he had not had to go to such an extreme to get the news out there about his blockbuster films.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:10pmI betcha his mom was still voting – for the democrat party.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:33pmI don’t know. He sure looks “Tea Party” to me.
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:48pmTombstone epitaph.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:05pmA town called Tombstone. A sheriff named Billy Cloud……You can’t make this stuff up. He did it, bet ya!
Report Post »sweetnsalty
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:00pmGross, can you imagine finding out that the guy you are seeing has his dead mother in his house.
Art Vandalay
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:51pmHe needed it to be too real. His passion became his life. It is a desire.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:28pmMaybe after a day but to wait for a month orr two? This guy is a real wierdo and nees some kind of mental health care. If you have ever smelled rotting flesh you would know he needs help. That smell gets in your nose and takes a long time to go away. Its to pungent to stand for any length of time. Take a whif of amonia and that will give you an idea of the smell. The two are different but about the same reaction felt. Wouldnt want him for a neighbor or son.
karenkrn
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:48pmhow do u know so much about the smell of rotting flesh?
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:44amKaren I‘m betting we don’t want to know!
Report Post »TheVOR
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:08pmA story about a son who is so grief struck he can‘t have his mom’s body removed. And these are the kind of postings we see from Blaze readers. Some of you should reconsider your posts.
Mr. Fattig, I am sorry for your loss.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:17pmHet Thevor, get off the cross Jimmy Carter needs the wood
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:28pmThevor
Report Post »You should be more SORRY for MRS Fattig
Obviously you have never done a “tag and bag”
sweetnsalty
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:57pmWhat, sorry for his loss I hope you are being sarcastic, while it’s sad to lose a loved one keeping them around is creepy that man is sick.
Report Post »JohnBarleycorn
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 9:58amGrief can make you do weird things.His other actions will, I think, determine his sincerity.
Although it may seem cold to you, the first thing I thought of was the recent Japanese scandal where people didn’t report relatives deaths and collected their government checks for years.
Report Post »SGTMAC
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:01pmWhat do you expect????????
Report Post »He is in “SOUTHERN” Arizona.
Natives are not surprised by anything that happens down there anymore.
Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:57pmAnd they walk among us…
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:36pmI think Lynyrd Skynyrd sums it up nicely…
Ooh, ooh that smell
Can’t you smell that smell?
Ooh, ooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you.
piper60
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:33pmLife imitating art?
Report Post »paulamadden
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:27pmIf he reported her death….the checks would stop. I think we see the motive right there.
TenStrings
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:31pm‘guess’, that is. I still think a troll-call is in order!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:07pm@ tenstrings…….havnet seen ABC here in a while
Report Post »maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:41am@TenStrings
Troll-call … Hahahaha… Priceless!!
Report Post »Browncoat359
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:27pmI can’t imagine being so grief struck months after discovering the poor woman that he was unable to call and report her death. Lord knows I still hurt all these years after my mother’s death,but this ventures into questionable territory for a fact.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:17pmHow do they know she’s dead and not just asleep?
Report Post »AmericanThunder
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:27pmYou mean like a liberal, that would mean she was brain dead, a zombie the walking dead that devoure the living.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:21amMoss is asleep, Brain is dead – you’re an idiot.
Report Post »Billsocal
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:11pmI am sorry about the guy’s mom. Are we sure that one of the ghost of Tombstone did force him to do it or kept her body. Tombstone is noted for having a lot of paranormal activity. In fact there have TV shows about the paranormal activity in some of the old buildings. They didn’t say if him and his mother lived in one of the older houses. Tombstone does have a scary past.
Report Post »AmericanThunder
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:20pmI had a scary past and didn’t keep mom or dad hanging around when they gave up the ghost, sorry no pets to report on.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:15amThat’s just stupid, bill. Puh-leeze.
Report Post »havefaith
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:10pmhas anyone looked for dad or the dog
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 8:30amThe dog’s in the Pet Cemetery…
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:34pmAnd Mom could, technically, be classified as having been placed in a Housoleum.
Somehow, I smell more than a rat in this spooky dude.
Report Post »Charles
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:05pm“Good morning mom how you doing? Same old same old? Yeah, I know what you mean” Pwahahaha o.O
Report Post »AmericanThunder
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:04pmAnd this is supposed to be news? I think there is more important news out there. Blaze your slipping.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:28pmWhat is news is what doesn’t happen every day. I’d rather have this as news than for it to happen as an accepted event in routine life.
Report Post »Danola
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:03pmAny relation to Harry Reid? Grandson maybe?
Report Post »hownowbrownmao
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:00pmWow great re-reporting Blaze, how about a good cannibalism story next.
Report Post »AmericanThunder
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:06pmMy sentiment also.
Report Post »plunderpower
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:59pmI wonder what‘s in Michael Moore’s closet!
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:04pmIt wasn’t a thong till he put it on…..
Report Post »paulamadden
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:28pmProbably a GIANT hoagie.
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:58pmAnother fridge.
Report Post »karenkrn
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:44pmlots of food storage going on at michael moore‘s don’t think he misses many meals – this guy with the dead mother in the house for a year is a maniac
Report Post »AnOregonian
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:58pmmomma’s boy?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:13pmWho’s your momma now.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:02pm@grandmaof5
Report Post »Posted on March 13, 2011 at 7:39pm
More like a troll who still lives in his mamma’s basement. Anyone who makes that kind of movie I doubt would be overcome by grief, but it’s worked so far.
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I wondered about that, too. That didn’t compute, either. Set reason in her seat. He makes horror movies; he didn’t call for medical help when he found her lifeless; he had a year to get over the loss of his mother; and is he even sane? That boy just ain’t right!
Psychosis
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:52pmfreakin nut
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:24pmWhat the heck is going on ?
He looks creepy .
Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:57pmThis just doesn’t compute. How can someone be in “such grief” that ne never reports his mother’s death, yet for an entire year carry on his life as normal, as though nothing ever happened?
And, if the town is such a close, family-type place, why has it taken a YEAR for someone to check on her? For crying out loud! I call a friend when I wake up in the mornings, and Grandmaof5 sends me an email to answer! And, a friend from high school calls me about five times every day (just because he doesn’t have anything else to do).
The Onslow County, NC, Sheriff’s Office even has an RUOK (Are You Okay?) program that deputies will call numbers to check on seniors who have problems and live alone. Sheriff Ed Brown believes that the primary responsibility of a sheriff’s office is to serve the people, and he does. He asks his deputies to do NOTHING that he doesn’t do himself.
Somebody should have missed seeing that woman before now.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:51pmNow thats what i would call a “ Spooky Dude ”
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 5:57pmyou got that right
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:03pmPsycho – yes
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:47pmWait till Monday.
The MFMedia will somehoe figure out a way to blame this psycho’s actions on Rush, Beck and Palin.
THEN the fun will begin for tingles and CottonEye Joe
tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 8:48pmHey! I’ve got it!
Another candidate for Czar.
Nah! Not Marxist enough.
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:39pmAre you sure it wasn’t michael moore???
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:46pm@cheezwhiz
Report Post »Posted on March 13, 2011 at 6:47pm
Wait till Monday.
The MFMedia will somehoe figure out a way to blame this psycho’s actions on Rush, Beck and Palin.
THEN the fun will begin for tingles and CottonEye Joe
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Cheez, am I correct in assuming that you don’t think too highly of the news networks other than Fox News?
NancyBee
Posted on March 13, 2011 at 9:48pmHe was in “ denial”
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 7:51amMaybe that’s where Spooky Dude Soros got his idea of being a wannabe spooky dude.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:02pmImagine living in a home with a rotting corpse for a year! Well, probably after the first two months, it probably didn’t smell as bad, but OMG!!!
CSI did an episode a few months back where someone was such a packrat that there was a dead body found in the debris. I guess truth is stranger than fiction.
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