BODY NOT BURIED.
KEPT IN BED FOR MONTHS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, March 13.; y The skeleton of an elderly womah who -had been, dead for some months was found-to-day—in the-suburb of Belmore in a hbxtsd wherbfT-'bh’e dead woman’s four daughter's were living. The discovery .followed a, visit by a Minister who, vvlicn lie aske t d;A .daughter how her mother was, was informed that she had died in November. The police -were notified, .--and— -the body was found lying in bed neatly covered with blankets. One daughter told the police that .it. was the will of God that the mother was 'hot buried. A MOST PATHETIC CASE. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The woman whose body was found at Belmoro was aged 91. Her four daughters were removed to the reception house. ' The police stated that it was the mos-j; pathetic case of religious.mania that had come under their notice for many years. •
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 129, 14 March 1939, Page 5
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