A woman in Memphis, Kimberly Moore, has been arrested after police officers conducting a welfare check discovered her daughter’s mummified body in the hotel room where they were staying.
According to Action News 5, the 46-year-old mother has been charged with abuse of a corpse and failure to report a dead body after Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies made the discovery. The officers were responding to a welfare check July 10 at the Home Inn Suites.
After her arrest, Moore was released on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on July 28. A judge has ordered her to get a mental evaluation. A cause of death has not been determined, but detectives have not ruled out foul play.
Investigators claimed that the 46-year-old Moore seemed to be in a state of crisis as she acted like she did not notice the smell of her daughter’s corpse and was speaking as if her daughter were still alive.
People reported that police officers arrived at the Home Inn Suites after the hotel manager stated that Moore claimed her husband owned the hotel, according to a police affidavit. When they arrived at the hotel, she reiterated the claims and said that she was there to ensure the employees were “doing their job.” The officers caught wind of the smell coming from her room. They questioned her about the stench, and she claimed she didn’t smell anything.
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