[Graybeard58]

I feel badly for the son. He must have been desperate and maybe didn't know about pauper burials. Of course, he might be mentally ill.

Or he might have been trying to conceal her death so those social security checks would keep coming. Happens a lot.

[onyx]

True, but I see this as more tragic than anything else right now. His motives and his mental health will be thoroughly scrutinized.

If he were truly trying to hide her death and burial, why select a cemetary instead of his own back yard or somewhere out in the boonies?

[softwarecreator]

trying to conceal her death so those social security checks would keep coming

My first thought too.