A man kept the body of his wife for 3 months on the sofa: “I was not prepared to let her go”

A Italian The 64-year-old is being investigated for a crime of concealment of the body after he kept the lifeless body of his wife, 90, on the sofa of their home in Rome for three months because, he said, he was not prepared to let her go. forever, local media reveal today.

The police reported the case to the Prosecutor’s Office after appearing at the individual’s house alerted by the neighbors who had smelled a very strong odor coming from their home and discovered the body of the old woman in an advanced state of decomposition, but clean and wrapped in a sheet. , according to the daily Il Messagero.

“She is here, on the sofa, I loved her too much, I did not want to separate from her, I wanted to always have her by my side, sleep next to her”, The man told them, who is a writer and who asked the prosecution to be present during the autopsy, although in principle it seems that the death was due to natural causes.

The strange request to see the autospy was denied by the prosecutor in the case, who is considering performing a psychiatric test on him to learn more about the cause that led him not to report the death of his wife, a French teacher, for months.

The writer said that he had taken care of the body, that he had kept it at home because he was not yet ready to let his wife go forever and also justified himself by saying that he did not know that there was an obligation to report the death, the newspaper explains.

In addition to clarifying the causes of death, the investigators are also investigating whether the woman received income or pensions and whether the suspect continued to receive money even after her death.

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