Overview
- Municipal staff in Borgo Virgilio flagged inconsistencies during an in‑person ID renewal on November 11 and alerted police.
- Officers later found the mummified body of Graziella Dall’Oglio in the home, hidden in a laundry closet and wrapped in sleeping bags, according to officials.
- The 57‑year‑old is accused of concealment of a corpse, identity substitution, fraud against the state and falsification of public documents.
- Authorities allege he used medical techniques to slow decomposition, including extracting fluids with a syringe, and have ordered an autopsy at Mantua’s Carlo Poma Hospital.
- Investigators are examining pension payments and related finances, with Italian media publishing the ID‑style photo taken of the suspect dressed as his mother.