Suspect Says Mother Died in 2000; Man Reportedly Tells Police That He Collected His Mom's Social Security Checks for Nearly 5 Years

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LA CROSSE (AP) - A man accused of holding off police for nearly 15 hours by threatening them with explosives told officers he kept his dead mother in a freezer for nearly five years while he collected her Social Security checks, authorities said Monday.

Philip Schuth, 52, told police his elderly mother, Edith, died of natural causes in August 2000 but he didn't tell anyone because he was afraid police would blame him, according to court documents. Years earlier, his mother was attacked by a cat, resulting in her blood landing on the walls in the house they shared, and he was worried he would be charged with murder.

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Suspect Says Mother Died in 2000; Man Reportedly Tells Police That He Collected His Mom's Social Security Checks for Nearly 5 Years

Schuth told investigators he had no other means of income other than his mother's Social Security ch...

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