July 6 (UPI) -- The family of a man who hid his dead wife's body in the freezer for eight years while he collected her social security checks until he died will have to forfeit their right to inherit his condo.
Allan Dunn and his wife, Margaret Dunn, lived together in their Sun City, Fla., condo until she died in 2002. But instead of reporting her death to the government, Dunn stashed his wife's body in the freezer as he collected a total of $92,088 over the next eight years until he fatally shot himself on Aug. 4, 2010, at the age of 86.
At the time of his death, Dunn's only asset of value was his home. But once federal authorities found he had bilked the system of more than $90,000, they told his family the condominium would be confiscated.
"His heirs, who were unaware that he had concealed his wife's death, agreed to waive their rights to inherit the condominium and to put it up for sale," The Department of Justice said in a statement. "The unit has since been sold. After paying the back taxes, sales costs, and amounts owed to the condominium association, the remaining sales proceeds of $15,743.14 were paid to the United States."
During the eight years Dunn kept his wife's body in the freezer, he told neighbors that she had moved into a nursing home.
"She was a lovely lady, very educated," said former neighbor Marilyn Gordon, according to a 2011 story by the Tampa Bay Times.
As for Dunn, he was described as a loner who didn't like to participate in the social life at the condominium complex where he resided.
"He was just a very anti-establishment-type person," said Carol Kingsbury, a hospice nurse who had befriended Dunn towards the end of his life. "He just tried to buck the system."
