A Florida man has been arrested after police say he kept his dead mother in her bed for months to keep collecting her Social Security checks.
Police say Robert Bea, 49, knew his mother was dead when police found the decomposing body of Vernice Bea inside a bedroom at 411 W Voorhis Ave. in Deland.
According to television station, Local 6, detectives also learned that Bea had been cashing his mother's Social Security checks since October 2005.
An investigation reveals the pair lived in the home together.
