Nathan Richardson, a 54-year-old pawn store employee, was found dead in his Summerlin home on Tuesday evening. A concerned neighbor noticed Richardson's two zombies shambling down the street--apparently following their owner's pet Chihuahua--and she called the police.
Richardson's remains were discovered in his kitchen, next to a partially opened case of Ghoul-AID. Police speculated that Richardson waited too long to feed the zombies, who were overtaken by the Hunger, and killed him as he was trying to give them the appetite suppressants.
“He was too cheap to take care of his zombies,” said Celia Monroe, a long-time resident of the same Summerlin neighborhood. According to Monroe, Richardson had been reported for zombie abuse at least twice in the last year. “Those poor
things never had any proper shoes and they were always getting caught on the
fence. No wonder they gobbled him down like a Thanksgiving turkey.”
Further investigation revealed that Richardson had bought his zombies
from a black-market facility in Mexico, one of many “zombie mills” notorious
for using illegally obtained bodies and minimal necro-magic.
“People purchase zombies from these mills because they’re less expensive than going through traditional zombie-making services,” said Detective Art
Kline from the Zombie Enforcement Unit. “Most zombie attacks and owner deaths
can be traced to these illegal mills. The problem is that the moment when we
shut one down, another one pops up.”
Police worked with the Zombie Enforcement Unit to capture the zombies, who were taken to the ZEU facility in North Las Vegas.As per federal law, the zombies who attacked Richardson will be de-animated and cremated.
Richardson’s Chihuahua was not harmed by the zombies, and has since been adopted by Monroe.
