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Police: Man Lived With Mother's Corpse

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                                                                                                             Tucson Police Department

A Tucson, Ariz., man was arrested after a foul odor led police to discover he had been living with his mother's decomposing corpse.

"The person was found in a bathtub, I believe, and may have either been bound or was found in some circumstance [for police] to believe she may not have died naturally,"  Dr. Gregory Hess, Pima County's Chief Medical Examiner, told ABC affiliate KGUN-TV in Tucson, Ariz.

The gender and identity of the body was not immediately apparent to officers at the scene, given the state of decomposition.

The Pima County Medical Examiner's Office determined the body was that of Carmelita Aguilar, 47. Aguilar's son, Christopher, 25, had been living with her body for an unspecified period of time.

"He was aware that a person was deceased inside the apartment and concealed the death for some time while continuing to live in the apartment," Sgt. Maria Hawke of the Tucson Police Department said in a statement.

Aguilar was arrested on a charge of abandonment/concealment of a body. Authorities said they have not yet determined whether Aguilar was responsible for his mother's death.

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  • Marie  •  Santa Fe, Texas  •  3 months ago
    I wonder if he had another bathroom or.... I don't even want to go there.
    • Timmy 3 months ago
      Nice pun!
    • Marcell1 3 months ago
      ewwwwwwwwww!!!!! that would have been really morbid!
    • Unknown 3 months ago
      So Marie, if he has another bathroom, you'll be going there? :)))
  • reen1  •  Syracuse, New York  •  3 months ago
    I worked in a funeral home and they had to exhume abody that had been buried for at least a decade. The smell was soooooo bad that I could not keep my eyes open and the van they transported the body in had to be returned to the dealership and eventually destroyed! It is the most foul,horrific,unmistakeable odor ever!
    • Michael From Seattle 3 months ago
      Last Viewing of Abraham Lincoln
      Wilipedia

      It was said that a harsh choking smell arose when the casket was opened. Lincoln was perfectly recognizable, even more than thirty years after his death. His face was a bronze color, from the gunshot wound that shattered the bones in his face and damaged the tissue. The color was unhealed bruises. His hair, beard and mole were all perfectly preserved although his eyebrows were gone. His suit was covered with a yellow mold and his gloves had rotted on his hands. On his chest, they could see some bits of red fabric — remnants of the American flag with which he was buried, which had by then disintegrated. It was theorized that Lincoln had been embalmed so many times on board his funeral train that he had been practically mummified.

      One of the last living persons to see the body, a youth of 13 at the time, was Fleetwood Lindley (1887–1963), who died on February 1, 1963. Three days before he died, Lindley was interviewed and confirmed his observations.

      Another man, George Cashman, claimed to be the last living person to have viewed the remains of Abraham Lincoln. In the last years of his life, George Cashman was the curator of the National Landmark in Springfield called "Lincoln's Tomb." He particularly enjoyed relating his story to the more than one million visitors to the site each year. Cashman died in 1979. His claim concerning the viewing of Abraham Lincoln's remains was later refuted when his wife, Dorothy M. Cashman, wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Lincoln Tomb." On page 14, Mrs. Cashman wrote, "At the time of his death in 1963 Fleetwood Lindley was the last living person to have looked upon Mr. Lincoln's face."
    • Diane 3 months ago
      wow, it would still smell?..i thought at that point you would decompose to bones and the smell would be gone for the most part, but i guess if there's no ventilation, it would smell somewhat
    • Heelerz 3 months ago
      Problem is now we have too many preservatives that get aborbed into our bodies and we don't decompse as quickly.
  • DerrickDaDick  •  Fayetteville, North Carolina  •  3 months ago
    norman bates?
    • Hondo 3 months ago
      exactly what came to my mind... PSYCHO!
    • daddysaw 3 months ago
      hahahahaha Derrick nice one thats too funnie,but true Bubyeeee
    • Jefe 3 months ago
      I thought that as well, At least Norman kept his mother well dressed and upright. This is the difference between real life and a movie. Real life is heavier, dirtier, and odorous.
  • Scott T  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  3 months ago
    Confucius say man who live with dead mother is real mummy's boy.
  • Severin Headley  •  3 months ago
    Can't I read a nice story about a man living with his mother's decomposing corpse in the bathtub without someone mucking it up by posting irrelevant political comments?
    • Mormon Freak 3 months ago
      He must have been a Republican.
    • Raymond 3 months ago
      LOL exactly.. I am waiting for the, "Ron Paul would never have done this to an elderly woman and the media is hiding that fact from us!"
    • mike 3 months ago
      Another demoncRAT voter waiting to vote in the bathtub.
  • Chris  •  Mt Hamilton, California  •  3 months ago
    Great, now who's gonna run their motel while he's locked-up?
  • Justin  •  3 months ago
    I'm guessing one of two motives...too lazy to stop playing world of warcaft and call the police or the social security check. Maybe a combination of both.
  • T Bennett  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 months ago
    Police: Man Lived With Mother's Corpse, Hitchcock estate sues suspect for trademark violation.
  • William S.  •  Albany, New York  •  3 months ago
    I thought this guy was sick until I read some of the comments. Whew!
  • Carmela  •  Baltimore, Maryland  •  3 months ago
    Maybe he did not have money for a funeral. It costs alot of money to bury a person and buy a coffin. My father's casket alone was 12,000.00 dollars. You can't blame this guy for trying to save money. My dad's mausoleum was another 24,000.00 dollars and that amount does not even cover the funeral. Funeral directors should be put in jail for gouging people financially when they are most vulnerable.
  • Debra  •  3 months ago
    That is absolutely disgusting!
  • Faycless  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 months ago
    Enough of the Norman Bates comments already...Be original.
  • OriGinal  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 months ago
    another article about another wierdo!
  • Justin  •  3 months ago
    i just warmed up pea soup when i sat down to read the news...I'll just go ahead and throw that right in the trash can.
  • MRTim  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 months ago
    ANOTHER MOVIE TITLE
  • AmonPetah  •  3 months ago
    Hmmmm ... either he really, really loved his mum, or he really, really hated her!
  • Me  •  3 months ago
    Wow, that poor woman. To think she carried her son inside her body for nine months and gave him life. Is this how he repays her for giving him life. Disgraceful, a son should have some respect for the deceased.
  • ALKALINE  •  Tucson, Arizona  •  3 months ago
    Sweet Bejeeezuzz, Norman "Psycho" Bates
    And right here in my own town.
    Maybe the Sun got to him.
  • janmarie  •  Bakersfield, California  •  3 months ago
    sick!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Paul B  •  Granby, Connecticut  •  3 months ago
    This is so sick it makes me want to hurl. It's beyond disgusting. Even if this creepy guy didn't kill mom he should still get jail time because he is a disgusting creep. If he did kill mom then put him away far far away from the rest of us peace loving mother loving American's we do not want to share space with a guy like this.