Man kept his dead mother in the freezer for THREE YEARS while he collected benefits before killing himself

A man kept his dead mother in a freezer for three years while spending her social security money - and then killed himself as police unraveled the mystery. Police in Kentucky suspect Jon Whiteford dumped the body of his mother, Faye, who would have been 96 this year, at an empty house after he was forced to move out of the home they had shared. A detective found the body in the garden on April 23 and wrapped in plastic. The grim case began to unfold in February, when federal investigators contacted Sheriff Todd Wood for help in locating Faye Whiteford, a retired school teacher, and her son.

The Social Security Administration was paying monthly benefits to Faye Whiteford, but she had not logged a medical claim in her name for about three years - an obvious red flag, given her age. Federal agents told sheriff's detectives that Whiteford's son had access to her finances. Jon Whiteford decided to continue drawing his mother's Social Security and retirement benefits, making the 'fateful decision' to hide her body in a freezer until he was forced to move out of their home, according to Wood's office. Detectives went to Whiteford's home in Science Hill, Somerset Hill, but it was empty. The Columbus Dispatch said in early March, police located the 59-year-old son when he went to the Social Security office in Somerset to apply for benefits in his name.

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