A Florida woman’s ploy to collect her dead roommate’s benefits was trashed after his body was found in a garbage can.
Michelle Haney, 48, was arrested on Dec. 9 and is being charged with abuse of a dead human body, 10 Tampa Bay reported.
Haney told deputies she found her roommate, 40-year-old Jon Christopher Leonard, dead in their mobile home in July. However, she decided to hide his body — first in a closet for three weeks, then in a trash can when the stench of his corpse became unbearable.
She sealed the 55-gallon trash can and took it to a neighbor, who recently called 911 after he opened the bin which emitted a foul smell. Thinking it was Haney’s personal belongings, …
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