In a bizarre incident, a Russian woman hoping that her dead husband would resurrect, kept his mummified headless body for three years, ordering her children to feed and talk to it.
The mummified body was found in the village of Semibratovo in July, stashed in a plastic bag. It was missing an arm and head, soon discovered in a nearby trash dump, Yaroslavl Region investigators said.
The man, a Pentecostal missionary, died of an illness, but his wife preserved the corpse for three years, investigators said. The woman expected him to return to life, the report said. The family led an isolated life, with their five children brought up by the missionary's wife.
The mummified body was found in the village of Semibratovo in July, stashed in a plastic bag. It was missing an arm and head, soon discovered in a nearby trash dump, Yaroslavl Region investigators said.
The man, a Pentecostal missionary, died of an illness, but his wife preserved the corpse for three years, investigators said. The woman expected him to return to life, the report said. The family led an isolated life, with their five children brought up by the missionary's wife.