A couple from Carmiel in northern Israel buried a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor—the woman’s mother—in their backyard in order to keep collecting her monthly reparations, worth 18,000 shekels (about $5,400), according to police.

The case began about a month ago, when a woman from Bat Yam, a daughter of the deceased, reported to police that she had received information suggesting her mother had died. Her mother had lived with her in the past but moved out two years earlier following a family dispute, relocating to Carmiel to live with another daughter. The two had since lost contact.

However, the Bat Yam daughter said she tried to keep tabs on her mother from a distance, and upon learning of her possible death, began making inquiries. When she discovered that her mother was still official

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