Family Keeps Mother’s Corpse in House for Months

A woman in Wilmington, North Carolina, has been charged with concealment of death, a low-level felony, for failing to report the death of her mother.  The woman reportedly knew that her mother was dead but failed to report the death for months.  Possible motives are unreported. 

For more information and a video, see Kevin Maurer & Alysia Patterson, Woman Lay Dead for Months, Relative Charged, AP, Dec. 16, 2009.

Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this article to my attention.