Court Report

Man Charged With Concealing Mother's Death

Authorities have arrested a North Carolina man on charges that he kept the body of his 94-year-old mother in a house for nearly six months. Police in Burlington said that local housing authority inspectors found the body of Lucy Mae Hutchins Wade on Aug. 25. An autopsy by the State Medical Examiner's office determined that Wade died of natural causes six months ago. Detectives determined that 50-year-old Don Lee Wade was aware of his mother's death last March and did nothing about it. They said he gathered her mail, began cashing her Social Security checks and used her bank card. Read more...
Posted by Webmaster at September 1, 2010 12:46 AM