Man confesses to keeping mother in freezer for 4 years

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LA CROSSE, Wis. Apr 25, 2005 — A man told police he kept his mother's corpse in a basement freezer for more than four years while he collected her Social Security checks, authorities said Monday. A body was found encased in ice, in a sitting position.

Philip Schuth, 52, told police his elderly mother, Edith, died of natural causes in August 2000, but that he didn't tell anyone because he was afraid police would blame him, according to documents filed in court Monday.

He said his mother years beforehand was attacked by a cat and her blood was on the walls in the house they shared, and he feared police would think he killed her, according to the documents

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=703487

[Boo Boo]

1. Ah yes...

The ol' attacked-by-a-cat ploy. Think it'll work?

[Arkana]

2. "Norman?! Who's that you're talking to, Norman?!"

"Oh, she's a nice girl, mom--you'd really like her."

[Zuni]

4. the model for Norman Bates was Wisconsin's own Ed Gein

who did dig up his mother's grave and kept her in his house
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gein/geinmain.htm

[Arkana]

5. Indeed he was

I learned that on Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments" series.

[Zuni]

3. Why does this kind of thing always happen in Wisconsin?

Ed Gein, Plainfield Wisconsin---

Jeffery Dahmer, Milwaukee Wisconsin---

[underpants]

6. Nice

A family staying together

[Zuni]

7. The GOP agenda is working

I think we can thank Dr. Dobson for this :eyes:

[Strawman]

8. This would have never happened in the ownership society

She could have left her $ from her private account to sonny boy (all none of it, I'm guessing). And without those guaranteed Social Security checks coming anymore, there's no perverse financial incentive to turn one's deceased mother into a human popsicle. He was probably afraid getting stung by that death tax and losing the family farm too. * should work that into his speeches right after talking about how Johnny Cochran was screwed over by Social Security.