A Pennsylvania couple was charged almost a year after police discovered the decomposing body of their relative in their home.

James Bebout, 69, and Debbie Bebout, 64, were charged with theft , conspiracy, and abuse of a corpse after police said they lived with the dead body of James Bebout's brother, 64-year-old Michael Bebout, for six months without reporting his death. The gruesome discovery was first reported in January, when James Bebout told police that he found his brother "stiff as a board" when he brought him breakfast.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by local NBC affiliate WPXI, when police saw the body of Michael Bebout, they allegedly found nothing but his skeletal remains lying in a bed.

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