Dead dad continues to earn pension — from the freezer


An Italian is suspected of hiding his dead father in a freezer for two years so he could keep collecting the old man’s pension.

An Italian is suspected of hiding his dead father in a freezer for two years so he could keep collecting the old man’s pension.

Gaetano Sivieri confessed to police this week he had stashed his father’s body in an underground garage near the Alpine town of Aosta, media reports said.

“I needed the money,” the 63-year-old was quoted as saying by Corriere della Sera newspaper. News agency Ansa said he had drawn nearly 80,000 euros ($105,000) of pension.

I wonder what techniques idiots like this relied on — before modern refrigeration?

Posted: Wed - February 21, 2007 at 03:56 PM