Woman kept boyfriend’s corpse for months after he died, watched NASCAR with him

AP via The New York Daily News ^ | July 12, 2012

[EveningStar]

72-year-old Linda Chase says she kept Charles Zigler's body clean and dressed, and talked to him while they watched television.

[EveningStar]

ping

[Venturer]

How did she keep the flies off him?

[humblegunner]

she kept Charles Zigler's body clean

That's good. Hygiene is important.

[HerrBlucher]

[GBA]

Lonely sucks.

[bgill]

He passed on the beer and bbq.

[F15Eagle]

And he STILL wouldn’t take out the garbage!!

[NonValueAdded]

yep, very sad

[cripplecreek]

Kind of a sad story out of Jackson Michigan. His kids lived blocks away and hadn't talked to him in some 18 months.

[Nervous Tick]

I was planning to joke around about this but then I read the whole article.

It’s not funny anymore; just sad, and a little poignant.

And no, I didn’t misspell pungent.

(Well, ok, maybe one *little* joke.)

[EveningStar]

Wasn’t there a Faulkner short story on a similar theme?

[freedomlover]

A pic of him before he died.

I think.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

There once was a young man named Dave ...

[McGruff]

Waiting for Junior's next win?

[freedomlover]

A corpse is a corpse, of corpse, of corpse.

[SIDENET]

Dude had himself a good woman there.

[cripplecreek]

I used to do lawn work for an elderly woman a few miles from this one. She had a life sized doll that she said kept her company. She wasn’t crazy, just lonely plus she used the doll as a means of security.

[camle]

i was thinking the exact same thing...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

She has not been arrested but is being investigated for financial fraud. Chase admits cashing Zigler’s benefit checks after his death.

Well allrighty then - at least there was a method to her madness.

[Tired of Taxes]

Maybe she was lonely, but she also was cashing his checks. Not sure her story about loneliness is believable... unless she made herself believe it.

[freedomlover]

She just wanted a corpseman to keep her company.

[Osage Orange]

Michelle is that you?

[windcliff]

ping

[Mountain Mary]

She may not have been certifiably crazy but she was WIERD by any standards.

When I was little, my best friends’ parents had childless friends who came to visit and brought “Witty Bear” with them every time. Witty Bear was a stuffed animal who had to sit at the table and slept with them.

Desperate loneliness? Is a dog or cat too messy or what?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Wasn’t there a Faulkner short story on a similar theme?"

Indeed there was...

[Nervous Tick]

>> plus she used the doll as a means of

I was relieved to find the word “security” at the end of that sentence. :-)

[Joe 6-pack]

Faulkner ping...

[Mountain Mary]

She may not have been certifiably crazy but she was WIERD by any standards.

When I was little, my best friends’ parents had childless friends who came to visit and brought “Witty Bear” with them every time. Witty Bear was a stuffed animal who had to sit at the table and slept with them.

Desperate loneliness? I guess the appeal was that WB didn’t shed like a cat or dog.

[Mountain Mary]

LOL NT...

[paddles]

Maybe rigor mortis was her friend.

[Doogle]

"...hey lady, that ain't engine oil ya smell, but ya did get to finish the beer"

[Clay Moore]

If he was a true NASCAR fan, the alcohol would have preserved him quite nicely!

[donozark]

How else was she supposed to buy beer for them if she didn’t cash his check$?

[EveningStar]

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

[Mich Patriot]

Aaahhh, Jackson Michigan where I was born & raised. Sad story, but I have to laugh a bit too. This is exactly the kind of story that WOULD put Jackson in the news.

Oh well, still the birthplace of the Republican Party at least. (sigh)

Also the largest walled prison in the US at one time, not sure about that anymore since the talk of closing it.

[P.O.E.]

I know the feeling. No matter how immobile I try to remain while watching TV, my wife insists on talking to me.

[Bigg Red]

Yeah, but he didn’t leave the seat up anymore.

[cripplecreek]

These days you can take tours of the prison.

[davisfh]

"Dude had himself a good woman there."

She certainly stuck by him. Or could it be that she was just waiting for him to "ripen?"

[6SJ7]

“Weekend at Bernie’s” - extended director’s cut version

[Joe 6-pack]

As opposed to The Exorcism of Emily Rose ;-)

[taillightchaser]

She had to keep ole Chuck aound till after the election so he could vote for obammy.

[NormsRevenge]

Bet he smiled the day Junior won..finally.;-]

-a little edit-

72-year-old Linda Chase (for the Cup) says she kept Charles Zigler's body clean (and dressed in his finest Nascar attire), and talked to him while they watched television Bill O'Really religiously.

[AZLiberty]

Something smells about this story.

[dfwgator]

[liberalh8ter]

LOL....can’t be too sure.

[GreenHornet]

Maybe she was lonely, but she also was cashing his checks. Not sure her story about loneliness is believable... unless she made herself believe it.

I think she did believe it. If her intent in cashing the checks was fraud, why keep the body around? I'm not excusing the check cashing, but I think this woman definitely needs help.

[Tired of Taxes]

Good point. :-)

[skinndogNN]

A Rose for Emily.

Faulkner sucks.