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Italian Man Accused of Posing as Dead Mother to Claim Pension as Police Find Mummified Body at Home

The case came to light when a registry clerk flagged an ID renewal that had to be done in person.

Overview

  • Police in Mantua say the 56-year-old former nurse concealed the 2022 death of Graziella Dall’Oglio and hid her remains in a sleeping bag in the home’s laundry room.
  • Authorities report he arrived at Borgo Virgilio’s registry office in wig, makeup and jewelry to renew her identity card, and staff grew suspicious after noting masculine features and reviewing surveillance showing him driving.
  • He is under investigation for concealing a corpse, fraud against the state, impersonation and forgery of a public document, and he remains in a local jail as prosecutors await autopsy results.
  • Investigators allege he used a syringe to remove bodily fluids to slow decomposition, with forensic tests ordered to establish the cause and timing of death.
  • Italian press report he received about €53,000 a year from his mother’s pension and family properties, a sum now being scrutinized in the financial probe.