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A Florida woman has been charged with storing a dead man’s body in a trash can in order to collect his Social Security benefits.
Michelle Haney, 49, of Bradenton, was arrested and charged Wednesday with abuse of a dead body in connection with the death of 40-year-old Jon Christopher Leonard.
"It's a sad day when you treat someone like a piece of trash when he deserved a proper burial and deserved to have his family with him to mourn," Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells said, Fox 13 Tampa reported.