I’m a landlord of some awful apartments my uncle left me that I have given up trying to sell. (They make plenty of money, but no one reputable wants to buy them.)
Poor people/criminals/idiots frequently don’t call 911 or whatever when someone dies because:
1. They are wanted or think they might be wanted.
2. They don’t want the hassle and don’t care
3. They don’t want to get stuck with a bill.
4. They depend on the dead person’s SSN checks and don’t want the money to stop
We end up with a body in a dumpster or whatever every couple of years.
That was my first thought, somebody illegally disposing of grandpa to keep the ss and/pension checks coming in.
It would be easy for a 60 year old man to impersonate his 80 year old father, especially if he had avoided most medical care so there aren’t any real records.
Problem is, they usually aren’t mentally competent enough to do a good job at disposing of the body and it gets discovered.
I do know that SS has more centenarians enrolled than is statistically likely.