Kansas Couple Charged with Fraud Over Dead Relative's Retirement Benefits

Lynn and Kirk Ritter allegedly concealed Mike Carroll's body in their home for six years while collecting over $215,000 from his pension and Social Security payments.

Kansas couple Lynn and Kirk Ritter have been charged with fraudulently collecting over $215,000 in retirement benefits from a dead relative, Mike Carroll, while concealing his body in their home for six years.
Carroll's pacemaker indicated he died in 2016, but his body was only discovered in 2022 when Kirk Ritter reported his death to the police.
Prosecutors allege that the Ritters continued to deposit and spend from Carroll's bank account, even as his body lay 'mummified' in the home he owned.
Family members were led to believe that Carroll was still alive, with the Ritters providing excuses for why he could not take calls or visits.
The Ritters are due to appear in federal court on February 2 to face charges of wire fraud and theft of government funds.