US woman kept corpse 'because he was nice'

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Jackson - A woman said she kept the dead body of her companion in a chair in their southern Michigan house for months because she didn't want to be alone.

Linda Chase, 72, said she kept the remains of Charles Zigler clean and dressed and talked to the body while watching NASCAR on television.

"It's not that I'm heartless. ... I didn't want to be alone. He was the only guy who was ever nice to me," Chase told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

Jackson police discovered Zigler's body in a living room chair last week. Authorities believe he died of natural causes at age 67 in December 2010, although Chase said it was last December. She said there wasn't a bad smell.

She has not been arrested but is being investigated for financial fraud. Chase admits cashing Zigler's benefit cheques after his death.

"I'm probably going to prison," she told the newspaper. "I told them the truth. I didn't lie about that."
Authorities said the investigation will take time.

"It's a bizarre case. There's no other way of describing it," said Mark Blumer, Jackson County's chief assistant prosecutor.

Wally Zigler, 48, said his father worked in a machine shop and received Social Security, pension cheques and veteran benefits. He said he tried to see his dad, but Chase wouldn't let him in the house.

"That wasn't right to leave him lay like that," Zigler said.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-...-nice-20120712

I know that this very sad but it reminded me of a song by Alice Cooper, especially the last line :D, I’m sick- I know but i cant help it :D

I love the dead before they're cold,
Their blueing flesh for me to hold.
Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing.
I love the dead before they rise,
No farewells, no goodbyes.
I never even knew your now-rotting face.
While friends and lovers mourn your silly grave.
I have other uses for you, Darling.

[T_Kill3r]

Didn't Red Dead Redemption have this exact situation?

I think you took flowers to a guy to give to his wife, who was dead sitting in a chair.

[Toxxyc]

This is so sad. I don't think everyone always realizes what old folk go through - when they are home with nobody visiting, they literally only have the closest people in their lives. Nothing else matters.

Last scene of The Notebook also springs to mind. Damn, I feel sorry for the old lady... :(

[ioiiooio]

That's so sad. Makes ne think though - I see a lot of couples once they get married slowly but surely lose touch with their friends and having a life of their own until they get to that age and their only companion is each other. Like I read something about statistics of old people who say they are lonely - and most of them were still married. Something to watch out for.

Edit: Sorry, not most of them but it was something like 40% of respondents who said they were lonely were still living with their significant other.


Hell, even at my age (28) I find that I've met a good handful of recently divorced people who are now "trying to get a life" because they lost touch with friends etc.