Florida man arrested after keeping mother's dead body on couch...

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A man from Pensacola, Fla., was arrested Thursday when police found his mother's corpse that was on his couch for months, WTSP reports.

A deputy was sent to the residence of 81-year-old Joyce Willis on May 13 to check on her. He smelled a foul odor in the home and discovered her decomposed corpse underneath blankets on the sofa.

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According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, Willis died apporoximately 30-120 days before she was found. Willis' son, Michael Eugene Sticken, 60, had allegedly ignored family members who tried to get in contact with his mother since January. He told deputies he was "not responsible for his mother’s death" and called her “his best friend,” according to the police report.

Investigators found that Sticken had withdrawn all his mother's monthly Social Security payments from their joint bank account since January, WTSP reports. Sticken was charged with grand theft and failure to report a death.

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