Austrian man mummifies mother’s body for year to receive €50,000 benefits

Bringing grim reminders of the Kolkata man who preserved his mother’s body in a freezer for years, an Austrian man was found to have mummified his mother’s corpse to keep receiving her benefits.

Bringing grim reminders of the Kolkata man who preserved his mother’s body in a freezer for years, an Austrian man was found to have mummified his mother’s corpse to keep receiving her benefits. According to a report in AFP, Austrian Police discovered the body of an 89-year-old woman mummified and preserved in the cellar for over a year as her son continued to receive the benefits.