Does Ohio need to outlaw necrophilia ?
I think not. This is one of those issues where I side with the hate group, Citizens for Community Values in that I don't think specific sexual preferences should be legislated. Further, how your body is handled after your death is up to you. You decide if you want to be buried or cremated. You decide if you want your cousin to boff your corpse. I am sure there are people out there somewhere who want to engage in consensual necrophilia. I only hope I never meet them.
the crime is Gross Abuse of a Corpse.
From LaWriter:
2927.01 Abuse of a corpse.
(A) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that the person knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities.
(B) No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable community sensibilities.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of gross abuse of a corpse, a felony of the fifth degree.
Effective Date: 07-01-1996
This seems kinda vague and would probably unjustly outlaw consensual necrophilia.
In the case of Thomas Condon, it was really more about procedural errors that Condon had no excuse for committing. Any professional photographer should know to get the permission to photograph specific people for a for profit project.
In the case of Kenneth Douglas, he was clearly violating the young woman he was entrusted to care for who had just been viciously murdered. This was a particularly heinous and atrocious act that I don't think current laws have a severe enough punishment for.