His mother died, he hid the mummified body in his house and continued to collect his pension

08/05/2021 2:25 PM

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Updated 08/05/2021 2:25 PM

The situation is as unusual as it is outrageous.

A 54-year-old woman kept her mother's mummified body in order to

collect her pension for six months.

The resounding fact that is not surprising every time it is mentioned occurred Lincoln, Arkansas, United States.

After the death of her mother,

Geanee Pike

had no better idea than to keep her mother's body, identified as

Gloria (73)

, in order to continue regularly receiving the

social security disability money

that she was entitled to, spreads

Your Basin

.

The brother reports his disappearance

George Maness

, the brother of the deceased who lives next to Pike's home, reported the disappearance of his relative on July 21.

In his statement he explained that

he had not seen her since August 2020

.

Gloria reportedly suffered

from stage 4 breast cancer

.

However, Geanee explained that her mother lived with a friend whose name she did not know and did not accept the registration of her address.

Geanee continued to collect disability money from Social Security.

The brother also declared to the police that he

did not have access to his mother's bank account

.

Investigation

Once the investigation began, the Police discovered that on July 27, 2021, a purchase had been made with the missing person's card at a local store.

Later, as part of the investigation, they found the security camera recordings of the commercial establishment and noticed Pike using his mother's card.

With such evidence, the Court issued an order to search the home of the woman implicated on

suspicion of financial fraud

.

Police searched the house in Lincoln, Arkansas, United States.

Once at the house in search of evidence, the agents were surprised by a surprise they could never have imagined:

Gloria's mummified body wrapped in a 2020 newspaper and bedding

.

The house was in

"deplorable living conditions"

without running water, according to reports.

In addition, they collected human feces and urine in buckets and jars throughout the property.

Arrest for financial identity fraud

Geanee was arrested last Monday after being charged with

abuse of a corpse and financial identity fraud

.

The detained daughter, who collected the sum of money for the pension for months, reported that her mother

had died at the end of 2020 due to natural causes

.

But he speculated, drew up his plan and, of course, never communicated it to the authorities.

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