Linda Chase a 72 year old just couldn’t cope with the death of her boyfriend 67 year old Charles Zeigler. She would spend all her time with him and so when he passed away in 2010, it was too much for her to cope. In 2012, police discovered Ziegler’s mummified body in Chase’s home. The corpse was sitting on his favorite chair in the living room in a bizarre scene as if actually watching TV. But!! Here’s the catch. Chase wasn’t just a mental case living with a dead body. She was also cashing his social security checks too.
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Tsuiri Kvaratskhelkia just could not deal with the death of her son 2012 year old Joni Bakaadze. She embalmed and mummified his body preserving it at home. She also claimed that she wanted his 2 year old son to know who his father was. She even used Vodka to prevent the skin turning black. She even celebrated his birthday with a new change of clothes. The aged woman managed to keep the corpse for 20 years till her grandson was 22. You can well imagine the trauma the child may have faced every day.
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Bruce and Schrell Hopkins were so traumatized at the death of their 7 year old son that they could not bring themselves to bury him. They kept him at home in an illusion as if he were alive. It was police who came across threw scene after calling on the couple because of rent default payment complaints by their landlord. The couple were arrested and found guilty by a court who charged them with negligent homicide. The boy had actually died of illness all because they did not believe in conventional medication and treated him with their own concoctions.
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In 2014, neighbors of a small community in Buenos Aires complained to police of a putrid odor coming from the home of 58 year old Claudio Alfieri. Upon investigation, they were shocked to find the man lying dead on the kitchen floor. An examination found him to be dead for a month. But, he wasn’t the only corpse. His mother’s mummified body was also found sitting at the kitchen table fully clothed. He had lived with a dead body.Neighbors revealed that he suffered from serious psychological problems and he was most probably responsible for the little house of horrors.
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