JACKSON, Mich. — A woman said she kept the dead body of her companion in
a chair in their southern Michigan house for months because she didn’t
want to be alone.

Linda Chase, 72, said she kept the remains of Charles Zigler clean and
dressed and talked to the body while watching NASCAR on television.

“It’s not that I’m heartless. ... I didn’t want to be alone. He was the
only guy who was ever nice to me,” Chase told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.

Jackson police discovered Zigler’s body in a living room chair last
week. Authorities believe he died of natural causes at age 67 in
December 2010, although Chase said it was last December. She said there
wasn’t a bad smell.

She has not been arrested but is being investigated for financial fraud.
Chase admits cashing Zigler’s benefit checks after his death.

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