ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (TCN) — A 67-year-old man stands accused of living with his 92-year-old mother’s decomposing body.
According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, on April 6, a landlord requested a welfare check for his tenant, Susan King, because they had not heard from her for several months. Responding officers made contact with King’s son, Michael Moulton, who claimed his mother was “visiting a friend’s home and would be back in a day or two.”
Police went back to the residence the following day to see if King had returned. However, officers searched the home and reportedly located King’s body in an “advanced stage of decomposition.” An autopsy showed no signs of trauma or foul play.
Police said they arrested Moulton for a 2013 warrant for failure to appear on a theft charge. Additional charges are pending. Moulton was booked into the Pinellas County Jail.