Man Sends Corpse Rolling Down Driveway After Stealing Mortuary Van While Fleeing Crematorium

A Georgia man turned himself in to police on Thursday after being on the lam for allegedly swiping a mortuary van while fleeing pursuit, leaving a dead body rolling out of the back of the vehicle, authorities confirmed.

The Conyers Police Department have identified suspect Kijon Griffin, 23, of Atlanta, as he is wanted for several felonies and faces additional charges including entering an automobile, motor vehicle theft, and attempting to elude police, the New York Post reported.

Authorities said that crematory workers were in the process of taking a body out of the van on Wednesday when law enforcement spotted Griffin, who had been wanted in car break-in cases, according to Captain Kim Lucas.

That’s when the offender stole the mortuary van to escape the police, leaving a corpse strapped to a gurney to roll out of the open back hatch and into a parking lot in Conyers on Wednesday night, according to the Miami Herald. Staff on site were quick to safely secure the body.

Cops managed to chase Griffin from the City of Conyers to DeKalb County, where the van blew its tire near Wesley Chapel Road after striking multiple vehicles while behind the wheel of the death mobile during the wild pursuit down Interstate 20 west, and ending somewhere around 13 miles away.

The suspect would then abandon the totaled van and flee on foot into a nearby wood line between Panola Road and Wesley Chapel. Police scoured the area with officers using dogs to track him, but to no avail, Fox News noted.

"It’s ridiculous that the dead can't even rest," Stan Henderson, who owns Stan Henderson & Sons Mortuary and the stolen van in Stockbridge, told the media.

Cops previously offered a cash reward to those with information about Griffin's whereabouts and asked them to contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS.

Griffin moved to turn himself in on Thursday morning and is now in custody at the Rockdale County Jail, the Conyers Police Department announced.

“Thank you all for your shares and thanks to the news media for helping to get this story out thus helping Mr. Griffin made the wise decision of turning himself in,” police said in a statement posted on Facebook.