Authorities opened an ifraud investigationas the deceased’s daughter is suspected of having continued to receive her mother’s pension, the police reported.
German police were alerted by a mayor concerned about not being able to celebrate the birthday of a 100-year-old resident and found a mummified body, suspecting that the daughter had hidden the corpse to receive her pension.
Werner Troiber, mayor of the Bavarian town of Ruhmannsfelden, had tried every year for the last eight years to visit Sophie B., born in 1922, to congratulate her on her longevity, according to the .
With each visit, he found the door closed or the woman’s daughter, Christa B., found an excuse not to receive him, he reported to the German newspaper.
On December 30, he finally decided to contact the Public Prosecutor’s Office, not believing the last explanations of the 82-year-old woman, who claimed that her mother had died two years earlier in the Czech Republic.
“Everything looked very suspicious,” the mayor told Bild newspaper.
The police finally intervened on February 5th and discovered “a heavily mummified corpse” at the home of Sophie and Christa B., according to a statement from the Bavarian police.
A autopsy was unable to determine the cause or date of deathbut this occurred “several years ago”, according to the same source, who also stated that “there were no signs of homicide”.
However, it was opened a fraud investigationas the deceased’s daughter is suspected of having continued to receive her mother’s pension, the police reported.
According to Bild, Sophie B.’s health insurance card had not been used for “more than ten years”, but her pension, “of approximately 1,500 euros, continued to be paid”.
According to the Bavarian police, the suspect, Christa B., “had admitted herself to a specialized clinic.”
