From the Sacramento Bee:
A 97-year-old Arizona woman was last seen in December 2018 — and now local authorities have figured out where she went.
Daniel Shannon, 66, buried his mother Leonie Shannon in the backyard of a San Tan Valley home after the woman died on Dec. 21 rather than reporting his mother’s death, according to a Pinal County Sheriff’s Office news release. That meant that he could keep collecting his mother’s VA and Social Security benefits even though she had died, deputies said.
Shannon was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud and concealment of a body, though he could face further charges in the ongoing investigation, deputies said.
“Shannon told detectives that he needed to keep getting the benefits to help pay for the patent on his invention,” authorities said.
Asked what the patent was for, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Navideh Forghani wrote “here is the invention” in an email to McClatchy and shared a link to a 2008 news article with the title “Man invents self-closing toilet.”
That article in the Loveland, Colorado, Herald-Reporter said that Shannon “created a self-closing, self-contained toilet seat, the Smart Lid, which is powered by kinetic energy from lifting the lid, requires no electricity and can be installed like any standard toilet seat.” ...
I'm pretty sure it's the seat, not the lid, that women are always complaining has not been "put down."
ReplyDeleteThe best quote from the facebook comments section: "To my children: if I die please feel free to bury me where ever you wish and if you can stick it to the government a few extra months, go for it. Please be smarter than this guy though. Signed..your loving mom."
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