Man Who Kept Mother in Freezer Is Sentenced
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From Times Wire Reports
A recluse who told police he kept his dead mother in his freezer so he could keep receiving her Social Security checks was sentenced in La Crosse to seven years in prison.
Philip Schuth, 53, was sentenced for attempted homicide for shooting at neighbors, reckless endangerment and concealment of a corpse. An autopsy confirmed that Schuth’s mother had died of natural causes.
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