This Exists: Two Colorado Men In Trouble After Taking Their Dead Friend Out For Night Of Bar Hopping

There’s nothing more discouraging than growing up and discovering that your favorite movies as a kid could never really come true. Like when you read articles explaining that time travel is impossible no matter how cool your DeLorean is or when you discover that the MLB actually has very specific rules against letting 12-year-olds play. I feel that same way reading this story of a couple of Denver men who have been accused of taking their dead friend on a joy ride.

Apparently, if the wacky adventures of Weekend at Bernie’s were to actually take place, the family of the deceased would find the situation slightly less than hilarious.

The story goes like this. Two men, Robert Young and Mark Rubinson, allegedly came home to find Young’s roommate, Jeffrey Jarrett, had passed away (cause of death still being investigated). Instead of calling 911, the men apparently loaded Jarrett into their car and started hitting up bars. And, while they didn’t pop sunglasses on him and engage in goofy hijinks, they did take $400 out of his account for drink money. Eventually they brought him home before heading back out. Fortunately they were nice enough to wave down a police office on the way and inform him of their deceased pal.

Jarrett’s family? Not thrilled.

From CBS4 in Denver:

“’Taking a deceased person in a car, I mean, it just seems totally wrong,’ said Jarrett’s family member.

Rubinson and Young face charges of abusing a corpse, identity theft and criminal impersonation. A relative said Young was living with Jarrett and came home on Aug. 27 to find him dead, but didn’t call for help.

‘I’m horrified, I’m absolutely, I can’t even put in to words, I can’t imagine anybody thinking that maybe their friend is in trouble and not calling 911,’ said Jarrett’s family member.”

Jeez. It’s days like this that make me worry that starting my own brothel won’t help me get into Princeton.

Watch CBS4’s report below:

(h/t Reddit)