An Indiana woman kept her mom's corpse. Investigators said that she did not want to be alone, so she did not report her mother's death.
Authorities from Logansport Police discovered the rotting corpse after conducting a welfare check and a house search last January.
Besides the fact that Indiana woman kept her mom's corpse, she also admitted that she took $3000 from her mother's checking account.
Discovering the rotting body
Last January 29, police did a welfare check at a house where Cynthia Newman was living. No one opened the door, so authorities had to return with a search warrant.
When they came into the house, the investigators saw that the house was in chaos. There was no power supply.
What came as a shock to officers was that they found a dead woman's body on a recliner.
There was a pillow under her head and body. According to investigators, the body of the 65-year-old mother, Cynthia Newman, was covered with blankets. They believe it was a way to hide the body from sight.
The corpse already had insects all over it. Also, some of the bones were exposed, and the skin was starting to peel off too.
There were animals in the house as well. Investigators discovered that the dog and cats have started to gnaw on the corpse.
The investigation
According to the County coroner, "It does not appear as if there was foul play."
Authorities are planning to conduct an autopsy to know the cause of Newman's death.
The daughter of Newman, Jaclyn Martell Beebout, said that her mom was alive during Thanksgiving. However, she is not sure if she was alive during Christmas. That is despite her living in the home with her mom.
According to reports, the Indiana woman kept her mom's corpse because "she didn't want to be alone."
Also, police talked to Newman's son-in-law Jason Dwight Beebout. He said that even though he lived with his mother-in-law, he does not see her every day.
He also said that when he saw that Newman was dead, he walked out of the room. He confided to investigators that he already felt that something had happened to Cynthia, but his wife kept saying that everything was fine.
However, authorities learned that Beebout shared with a friend that his mother-in-law had been dead since October.
Charges filed
Because the Indiana woman kept her mom's corpse, authorities arrested her last January 30. She was charged with failure to report human remains. Records revealed that Jaclyn had an outstanding warrant. That was because of felony methamphetamine possession.
On the other hand, reports also disclosed that he was also charged with failure to report human remains. However, he was released on bond.
