The man disguised himself as a woman to renew the deceased woman's identification documents but was exposed
In the northern Italian province of Mantua, police exposed a man who hid his mother's body for three years. He continued to receive her pension without informing her of her death.
After the woman died in 2022, her son, who worked in the medical field, did not report what had happened. The man lived alone in the countryside so he could receive his pension money into his bank account with impunity. The fraud was discovered when the deceased's identity card expired.
To renew the documents, the man went to the city office, dressed in women's clothes, makeup and a wig. His unusual appearance attracted the attention of the staff and they called the police.
Investigators searched the man's home and found the woman's body. According to preliminary data, the man used his professional skills to remove fluid from his body and slow down the process of decomposition. The exact circumstances and date of death will be determined after an autopsy.
The local prosecutor's office charged the man with hiding the body, changing his identity, fraud and forgery.
