For many months, she continued to use her deceased lover’s bank card. A 64-year-old woman was taken into police custody then presented to the Besançon public prosecutor’s office (Doubs) on Saturday June 15, 2024 for “failure to assist a person in danger”, “theft” and “fraud”, indicates theFrance Media Agency. In total, the sixty-year-old withdrew €43,000, using retirement pensions still paid into the deceased’s account.
A natural death in 2022
The lifeless and mummified body of this 62-year-old man was discovered on August 5, 2023 at his home. It was worried neighbors who alerted the authorities. Forensic doctors estimated that the death dates back to “several months ago” And “excluded the occurrence of traumatic events, favoring a death of natural origin”explained the public prosecutor Étienne Manteaux.
The man lived alone and drank a lot of alcohol. He would therefore have died in June 2022, according to the neighborhood survey. His daughter, living in Ain, had no contact with him since 2005. But when it came time to settle the inheritance, she realized that money was still being taken, well after the death of her father. , reports The Republican East .
Confused by video surveillance
Thanks to video surveillance images from distributors, investigators identified the 64-year-old suspect. The latter had an extramarital relationship with the deceased. One day she found him drunk on the ground. “She had left him in his bed, in a very difficult situation, before leaving. When she came back, she found him dead.”declares the prosecutor. “She did not warn anyone, saying she was afraid of being accused, and left with her bank card”.
A psychiatric expertise was requested by the prosecution, according to The Republican East. The sixty-year-old will be judged for acts committed to the detriment of her lover’s daughter and the pension fund. She faces five years in prison.
