Woman 'hid man's body and claimed $200,000 from his Social Security over 15 years'

A caretaker is accused of cashing over $200,000 of social security checks issued to a man who died in her care at least 15 years prior when she buried him in a secret grave.

For at least 15 years after John Arnold died while in Carel June Cody's care in Cottage Grove, Oregon, the dead man continued to receive social security checks obtained with a forged signature, prosecutors accuse.

Cody, 46, admits to concealing Mr Arnold's death and burying his body but claims it was in fear that if state welfare officials visited her house they would disapprove of her living conditions and pet monkey.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147028/Woman-hid-mans-body-claimed-200-000-Social-Security-15-years.html