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Florida woman hid 93-year-old mom’s body in freezer to collect disability, police say
Fox 44 News (Tampa) ^ | 07/09/2022 | Nathaniel Rodriguez

Posted on 07/09/2022 8:30:00 AM PDT by DFG

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman was arrested Thursday after police said she hid her mother’s body in a freezer to continue collecting the woman’s disability benefits.

On April 28, 2022, police in the city of Sebastian found the body of Marie Hoskins inside a chest freezer while conducting a welfare check at her home.

Police said the victim’s daughter, 64-year-old Michele Hoskins, told officers she found her mother’s body in her bedroom.

Further investigation found that Marie Hoskins, 93, had been dead for around two weeks from natural causes before her daughter bought the freezer to hide her mother’s death, police said.

According to the Sebastian Police Department, Michele Hoskins allegedly concealed her mother’s death “for the concern she would not be able to receive her disability benefits.”

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: disability; florida; tampa
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1 posted on 07/09/2022 8:30:00 AM PDT by DFG
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I just don’t get it. There have been several such stories over the years and each time I’m shocked. How in the world could you just heft your mother into a freezer and close the lid? Extreme mental illness? But apparently not extreme enough to stop spending her monthly check.


2 posted on 07/09/2022 8:33:56 AM PDT by CFW
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To: DFG

She got caught in 2 weeks. She chose poorly


3 posted on 07/09/2022 8:37:17 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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We had a son do that for about 3 years.

They only found the Moms body after he died.


4 posted on 07/09/2022 8:43:28 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: DFG

Cool


5 posted on 07/09/2022 8:45:19 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: AppyPappy

“She got caught in 2 weeks. She chose poorly”

I recommend:

https://www.k5learning.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets


6 posted on 07/09/2022 8:46:25 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: CFW

If it was mentsl,illness, it was Not extreme enough for her to be unable to plan too.


7 posted on 07/09/2022 8:47:17 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: riverrunner

“why haven’t we seen your mom lately?”
“She’s very sick. Never leaves the house”
“OK, we are coming over for a welfare check”
“She went to the beach”


8 posted on 07/09/2022 8:49:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: DFG

Americans are trying to survive any way possible, as we give away hundreds of billions to foreign countries.


9 posted on 07/09/2022 9:29:07 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DFG

The perfect wife and MIL for Florida man?


10 posted on 07/09/2022 10:05:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DFG

Is that a picture of the criminal or her dead mother? It’s hard to tell.


11 posted on 07/09/2022 10:09:08 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
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To: DFG

that’s cold...


12 posted on 07/09/2022 10:09:31 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: DFG

Talk about frozen assets ...


13 posted on 07/09/2022 10:18:10 AM PDT by 11th_VA (I can still remember an America where dissent was the highest form of patriotism.)
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Not bad, not bad at all.

5.56mm


14 posted on 07/09/2022 10:20:46 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: dragnet2

My own thoughts run similar. I’m not yet at the point of doing anything remotely as awful but I can understand why people do desperate things.


15 posted on 07/09/2022 10:37:58 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan ( )
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To: DFG

Very poorly written article. Nowhere does it state how long the mother had been dead. If it’s unknown, that could have at least been made clear. The two week time interval refers to the time between death and being placed in the freezer, not how long she had been dead.


16 posted on 07/09/2022 10:47:44 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: CFW

I just don’t get it. There have been several such stories over the years and each time I’m shocked.


It doesn’t shock me in the least. For 50 years we’ve been allowing babies to be torn apart in the supposedly most safe and secure place there is.

That sort of devaluation of life leads to all kinds of bad results, as we see everyday.


17 posted on 07/09/2022 10:51:35 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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18 posted on 07/09/2022 12:03:53 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: DFG

I bet this happens a lot. As more and more people are reduced to government handouts, the thought of conning the government so the bennies continue is a more and more realistic thought.

Entreprenurial thought: Build and sell freezers that are approximately the size of a coffin.


19 posted on 07/09/2022 12:45:13 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: DFG

“Was that wrong? Should I have not done that?” ;)


20 posted on 07/09/2022 1:17:41 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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