Man who lived with his mum's corpse for 10 years found dead beside her
This is a very touching story of unconditional love for a mother ....
A man who spent ten years with his mother's mummified corpse sat at his kitchen table has been found dead next to her.
Claudio Alferi, 58, was discovered lying over a chair in his Buenos Aires apartment beside a 'dried out' woman wrapped in plastic bags and wearing slippers.
Police and firefighters burst into the property on Wednesday after
neighbours complained of a bad smell lasting since mid-December.Forensic
experts and neighbours identified the woman as Mr Alferi's mother, Margarita Aimer de Alferi
Residents in Carapachay, on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, told
detectives they last saw Ms Alferi a decade ago when she was 90 - but
her son had insisted she was alive and well
Forensic experts called to the rundown property on Wednesday believe Ms Alferi died between eight and 10 years ago.Mr Alferi, they claim, has been dead for 30 days.
Police told local media Mr Alferi is believed to have suffered a
psychological breakdown after his mother's death, and also suffered from
obsessive compulsive disorder.They are now probing allegations he hid
his mother's corpse because of a problem over inheritance.
A police source said:
'The old lady's body was covered in bags and plastic and she still
had her winter slippers on.'It looked like she had been covered up
lovingly.'
A neighbour added:
'Claudio was a recluse and rarely spoke to us.Whenever anyone asked about his mum he'd just say: "She's fine."
Daily mail