Berlin - A man who hid his dead mother's body in their apartment for 20 months was arrested here yesterday by the police, Derek Scally reports. Removal men discovered the mummified body of the 74-year-old woman last Wednesday while emptying the apartment for non-payment of rent.
Berlin's city pathologist estimated that the woman, identified only as Ilse L., had been dead for at least 20 months.
Police do not believe the woman was killed but have discovered that her son had been drawing her pension for the last 18 months.