A woman kept the body of her deceased husband in a refrigerator for ten years, aiming to collect more than $ 170,000 in material benefits for the veterans.
A police spokesman in the US state of Utah said the wife was found dead in her apartment on November 22 after she had been out of sight for days.
After the woman was found dead, the police found the husband's body in the refrigerator.
The authorities believe that the man may have died of an illness in the period between February and March 2008, according to what was published by "Insider".
In 2008, investigators found a letter they believed was the man who wrote it, declaring that the wife was not responsible for his death.
The woman continued to obtain the financial benefits for her husband after his death, as the police stated that the total of what she had obtained may reach $ 177,000.