In brief (http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/26/12970220-woman-charged-with-cashing-mummified-friends-checks?lite):
A 72-year-old Michigan woman [ Linda Lou Chase] who authorities say kept the body of her
longtime companion [Charles Zigler] in her house for more than 18 months after he died is
being charged with cashing more than $28,000 worth of his benefit
checks
Now the really interesting thing about the case is that she didn't do anything other than cover the body. Cashing the checks was illegal, but:
Most of Michigan’s current laws concerning bodies deal with
inappropriate disposition by a licensed mortician or removal to
interfere with a criminal investigation.
“She literally did not
move the body – so moving a body before the medical examiner could
examine it doesn’t apply,” [chief assistant prosecutor] Blumer said.
A mental competency exam is scheduled.
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