[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]

Maybe she was just lonely. Or maybe she thought she could fool people into thinking he was alive (i.e. “Weekend at Bernie’s”). It’s a sad story, though, all around.