Overview
- Police say a 57-year-old in Borgo Virgilio, Mantua, tried to renew his late mother’s ID in person on November 11 while disguised as her.
- Municipal staff grew suspicious during the appointment and alerted officers, who identified the person as the woman’s son.
- Officers then searched his residence and found the mother’s mummified remains, according to local reports.
- Preliminary findings reported by the press indicate the body was kept for about three years to continue receiving her pension.
- Authorities filed complaints for concealment of a corpse, identity substitution, social-security fraud and document falsification as the case proceeds under judicial investigation in Mantua.