And that was only the tip of this demented iceberg. In addition to cursing at Auntie and heading to the pizza parlor instead of taking Auntie to the funeral parlor, Sis and Nephew also found time to allegedly hide Auntie from a nurse, deprive her of food, and even (ultimately) turn her into a damn mummy! (Link to full story at bottom).The Sickness
This sordid tale began when Auntie (70-year-old Mary Coleman of Madison, Wisconsin) got sick on May 6, 2011 AD. That was a problem, you see, since Auntie's damn pesky sickness conflicted with that day's birthday for Nephew (45-year-old Steven King -- a different horror show than the famous writer).
Specifically, the birthday boy reportedly told cops that he and Sis (71-year-old Veronica King) "wouldn't take [Auntie] to the doctor because it was his birthday."
And apparently the birthday celebration continued on the next day, when Nephew and Sis allegedly "hid [sick Auntie] from a nurse who visited" the home. That's when all hell broke loose.The Fall
Auntie reportedly took her bad fall right after the nurse left the house. Auntie's doc says the old woman wouldn't have died if Sis and Nephew would have taken her to the hospital after her fall. However, that particular course of action just didn't seem to fit on their very full calendars in the two days that followed.
In lieu of medical treatment, the compassionate Sis Veronica, "as her sister lay dying," reportedly gave the fallen old lady "only liquids and not foods." And the old woman wouldn't just shut up already!
Auntie reportedly laid there on the floor, "talking now and then." Said Sis: "I told her quite frankly to shut up!"
The Death (and the Pizzeria)
When Auntie finally keeled over on May 9, Sis and Nephew still reportedly had difficulties blocking out any time for Auntie on their busy schedules. And Auntie's demise sure as hell wasn't going to get in the way of them stuffin' some greasy eats down their pieholes (allegedly)!
Sis reportedly told cops that she and Nephew "didn't call to have [Auntie's] body removed 'because we had other things to do that day.' " Moreover, they allegedly "decided there was nothing they could do about it and went out for pizza"!The Mummification
While it's not clear if it happened at the pizza parlor or somewhere else, right about this time Sis and Nephew allegedly hatched a little scheme to take full advantage of Auntie croaking. First they allegedly hid Auntie's corpse down in the basement before later stashing it away in a big plastic bag in the garage.
There Auntie's body stayed for months while Sis allegedly rifled through Auntie's bank account -- in which Auntie's "pension and Social Security payments were automatically deposited."
Three months later, a concerned friend of Auntie called cops to the house, where cops reportedly smelled the stench of death on the joint. They found Auntie's bag in the garage, where Sis and Nephew had reportedly turned Auntie into a damn Mummy!The Aftermath
Cops say they believe that Nephew Steven is mentally deranged, although I personally find that one very difficult to believe. Regardless, he and Sis may now have to cook up their own recipe for hoosegow pizza, since I see a big buffet of bread and water in their foreseeable futures.
That's because cops have busted them on a plastic bag full a' charges that include reckless homicide, "hiding a corpse," bank fraud, and abuse of Auntie.
But Sis and Nephew's date with the big house, of course, is conditioned upon the whole affair squaring with their hectic personal schedules. I hear Nephew may have a brief opening in February, but forget about May 6 -- total non-starter.
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b90795de-246c-5e96-8165-a46f9feb6a9b.html
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