The macabre story has some similarities to the plot of the 1989 movie Weekend At Bernie's, in which two work colleagues discover their boss is dead after arriving at his house and try to persuade guests he is still alive to avoid being falsely suspected of killing him.
Two women have been charged in the US with alleged abuse of a corpse after propping up his body to withdraw money from his bank account, police said. Loreen Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, lived with 80-year-old Douglas Layman in a house in the town of Ashtabula on the shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio, NBC, Sky's US partner, said.
based in nearby Cleveland, said Kasbohm's bond was set at $5,000 , and Feralo was ordered to appear next week. Read moreWoman savaged by bear that leapt into her gardenGrandmother wins $3.76m after SWAT team errorDrink 'concocted by mother of bullied son' leaves child in hospital Chief Stell said additional charges were possible. The county prosecutor's office and the county public defender's office have been asked for comment.