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Son put mother’s body in freezer to keep collecting pension (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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An Italian man has said he kept his dead mother’s remains in a freezer to cover up her death and continue to collect her pension.

Sandro Mallus told police he put the body of Rosanna Pilloni, 78, in the family’s chest freezer after she passed away at home in the small town of Sarroch, near Cagliari in Sardinia, in January last year.

He made the admission after police began investigating concerns from neighbours that the woman hadn’t been seen for months.

According to local media, Mr Mallus continued shopping as if he was buying for two people, maintaining the pretence that his mother was alive.

Police are due to carry out a post mortem examination on Monday and have not ruled out the possibility Pilloni was killed, something Mr Mallus denies.

“My mother died of natural causes,’’ Mr Mallus told the newspaper, L’Unione Sarda. “I would never have harmed her.

“When I discovered her body I was desperate. I had no money for the funeral, so I locked her in there.”

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I get covering up her death, but why the fuck a freezer? That has to be the laziest, most ineffectual way of getting rid of a body you could think of. Like 5 minutes of thinking is sure to have at least ONE alternative come to mind.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

She taught him the value of a dollar not how to dispose of a corpse.

[–] jagungal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Given that he said he had no money for a funeral I'm guessing he was planning to pull her body out one day and go "oh my goodness, she's dead!" and have a funeral rather than just try to continue collecting her pension in perpetuity.