In Poland, a man has lived with his mother’s mummified corpse for years. The 76-year-old had apparently had the dead person with him for more than 13 years, said a spokeswoman for the responsible public prosecutor’s office in Gleiwitz (Gliwice) on Thursday of the German Press Agency. A DNA analysis showed that it was his mother.
According to reports in the Polish media, the man lived in part of a detached house in the Silesian town of Radlin, where his sister and her husband also lived. He was considered an eccentric and did not receive any visits from his relatives. Because his behavior was becoming more and more conspicuous, the brother-in-law called an ambulance at the end of February.
The rescuers saw a horrifying picture in the 76-year-old’s apartment: the mummified corpse of a woman lay on the sofa. A forensic report revealed that the woman had died in 2010. The public prosecutor’s office then opened the grave in which the man’s mother was buried in January 2010. “When the coffin was opened, it turned out that there was no body in it,” said the spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office.
According to media reports, the 76-year-old should not have coped with the death of his mother. He dug up the body and embalmed it with chemical substances. The substances used are currently being investigated. The 76-year-old was admitted to a hospital. The public prosecutor’s office is investigating him for desecrating a corpse.