A woman who was caught wheeling her dead daughter's body through a UK shopping centre gave police a chilling response when she was stopped by officers.
Joan Kathleen Turnell was stopped by police as she pushed her daughter Tracey's remains around in a wheelchair. Joan, then 77, believed her daughter had been dead for over a year.
It came after staff at a housing association raised concerns about Joan's behaviour in November 2023. Neighbours had previously complained about a "horrendous smell" and a fly infestation.
Housing association staff visited the flat Joan and Tracey shared, but the pensioner refused to let them into her home. According to the Romford Recorder, she later wrapped Tracey's body in a red coat and took it to the shopping centre, seemingly to demonstrate that her daughter was still alive.
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