From
Texas News:
Police have identified mummified remains of a man
found in a Lexington storage unit and the man's daughter has been
charged with stealing his Social Security checks.
Now, federal authorities are searching for the indicted woman's mother, who was last seen in March.
Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn told
the Lexington Herald-Leader that the remains found in the Econo-Self
Storage unit in January are those of Luther Broughton. His daughter,
Judith Maria Broughton, stands accused in Texas of stealing more than
$150,000 of her father's Social Security retirement benefits.
Concealing the death of a relative in order to continue receiving their Social Security benefits isn't common. I'm sure it happens in less than one in a million deaths but there are enough people dying that there are regular reports of this sort of thing. Bodies in the freezer, bodies buried in the back yard, bodies that are never found -- all of these happen. I don't recall one in a storage unit before but I wouldn't be surprised if it's happened before.
One in a million? MAYBE for as long as this woman did, but for all family members collecting on behalf of a deceased? If you actually believe that, you've crossed from pro-claimant advocate to the type of complete shill (on the other side of issues) you so love to loathe.
ReplyDeleteThe women in the story was working for the National Psychic Network but somehow didn't see investigators coming. I guess that's why she only made $270/month working for them.
ReplyDeleteThere were around 2.5 million deaths in the US in 2010; that would mean 2-3 people keeping the checks of dead relatives based on Charles' assumption. It is a safe bet that you could find 2-3 people in any major metropolitan city.
ReplyDeleteChecks? I thought SSA abolished this a few years ago. I guess the person could have been a payee or had access to the clt's account. I am just curious how she actually got the money.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she stored the money in the storage unit?
That's how we roll in Texas. Yeehaw! Ted Cruz and Louis Gerhart for prez!
ReplyDeleteYes sit, she wasn't stealing from the government! It's our money, not big government's money. Don't let liberals tell you it's Washington's money. That is my money! Ted Cruz for prez! He's a true American. I love Glenn Beck too. He speaks truth.
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