The story of a missing pensioner in Marathon took a new and even darker turn: after yesterday’s fruitless excavations in her yardthe machines were found in the basement of the house, wrapped in plastic and a sheet.
According to Greek media, human remains were discovered on the morning of September 4 in the basement of a house in Marathon.
According to the first data, the body was in a state of almost complete skeletonization and was wrapped in polyethylene and fabric.
After the discovery of the remains, the prosecutor’s office ordered the arrest The 68-year-old daughter of the deceased and her son, the grandson of an elderly woman.
Yesterday we dug up the whole yard and found nothing.
Even the day before, the investigation proceeded from the version that the elderly woman was buried in the yard.
Special teams with excavators literally dug up the area, but no human remains were found there.
The Athens News reported on this in a previous article: the daughter claimed that she buried her mother in the yard in order to continue receiving her pension, but after large-scale excavations the body was never found.
Now it turned out that the remains were in a completely different place – in the basement of the house.
The daughter said: “I don’t remember where I put it.”
On the morning of September 4, the 68-year-old woman again gave explanations to the police.
She stated that her mother allegedly died of natural causes.
“She was elderly. She died of natural causes. I don’t remember where I put it.”
When asked why there was no funeral, the woman replied that it was a “private matter.”
Now these explanations will be assessed taking into account the fact of the discovery of remains in the basement.
Forensic anthropologist examines remains
Due to severe skeletonization, he was called to the scene forensic anthropologist.
The expert should help establish the approximate time of death, possible causes, and also officially confirm the identity of the deceased.
The remains and other items found were removed and sent for further research.
The investigation began after the granddaughter’s statement
As previously reported, the case came to light thanks to the granddaughter of an elderly woman who lived abroad and, after returning to Greece, contacted the police.
She stated that she had not been able to contact her grandmother for about ten years.
After checking the database e-EFKA it turned out that the woman’s death had not been officially registered.
However, her pension payments continued.
The pension was withdrawn until recently
According to Greek media, money continued to be withdrawn from the pension account even years after the woman’s actual death.
The investigation will have to establish the exact amount of payments and determine who exactly used them.
This will become a separate part of the case, along with clarifying the circumstances of the death itself.
What to find out now
After the discovery of the remains, the investigation has several key questions:
- when exactly did the elderly woman die;
- whether she truly died of natural causes;
- who moved the body to the basement;
- who wrapped it in plastic;
- who continued to receive their pension and how;
- whether the grandson knew about what was happening and participated in the concealment of the death.
There are no official conclusions about the cause of death yet.
Editorial comment
Just yesterday, this story looked like a strange case of concealing a death for the sake of a pension, in which the most important evidence was missing – the body.
Today it was found.
And not where the daughter indicated, but in the basement of the house, wrapped in plastic.
This dramatically changes the nature of the investigation.
Now we are talking not only about illegal receipt of a pension, but also about the need to establish circumstances of death, method of concealment of the body and possible involvement of other family members.
The most important thing now is the conclusion of the forensic anthropologist: it is he who must show whether the death was natural or whether the case will receive an even more serious criminal continuation.
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