A son who lived with his mother's corpse for six years so he could keep cashing in on her pension is being investigated after the police discovered her mummified remains.
Mum Helga Maria Hengbarth reportedly died aged 86 some six years ago but her son told neighbours she has moved back to her native Germany.
The scam was not discovered until the police and firefighters broke into the apartment in Verona, in northern Italy's Veneto region, on May 25.
