A man in America hid his father’s death and kept his body sitting on a chair at home to get his pension and other financial benefits.
According to the international website, the authorities of the US state of California say that a decomposed body was found in a chair in a house, which had been in this condition for several years.
Police say a man who died last month in Jackson, California, is suspected of keeping his father’s body at home to use his money.
Randall Freer, 63, a business owner in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, died, Calaveras County Sheriff Greg Stark’s office said in a statement.
A sheriff’s deputy went to their home in Vallas, California to notify the family, where they heard a fan running and saw a dead man sitting in a comfortable chair.
According to Lt. Stark, evidence at the scene indicated that the body had been in the same location for several years.
He said that the body was in a highly decomposed state and some parts of its structure remained.
“In my 28-year career in law enforcement, this type of investigation has been extremely rare,” he said.
Calaveras County Coroner Kevin Raggio identified the man in the home as 91-year-old Ida Clinton Freer, the father of Randall Freer.
Authorities say his cause of death is not suspicious and they expect it to be medically related.
According to investigators, Ida Freer last signed checks in 2016, after which her sons continued to receive money from her account until her death.
Raghav says the son assumed the identity of the dead father and I doubt he was living with his father and living on his wealth.
When he saw his dead father, he left the dead body on the chair and kept using his money for himself. Therefore, they continued to use the money received in the form of social security and retirement.
Everyone had forgotten him after so much time had passed, he had been here for years and if his son had lived, this body would still be sitting there.