Two women allegedly put their dead relative in a wheelchair, dressed him in sunglasses and claimed he was simply asleep as they tried to check in at Liverpool airport for a flight to Germany.
The women convinced a taxi driver that 91-year-old Curt Willi Jarant was well enough for the 45-minute drive to the airport.
However, when they arrived, staff at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool noticed something was wrong.
Andrew Millea, a worker who greeted the group with a wheelchair, said one of the women asked for help lifting her father from the car.
"I did my best to help by lifting the man from his seat," he said. "To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice-cold. I knew straight away that the man was dead, but they reassured me that he 'always sleeps like that.'"
The German women are thought to have decided to sneak Jarant -- thought to have died of natural causes -- on the flight rather than pay up to $7,650 in repatriation fees for the body.
Police arrested Jarant's wife, Gitta, 66, and his stepdaughter, Anke Anusic, 44, on suspicion of failing to give notification of death.
The women convinced a taxi driver that 91-year-old Curt Willi Jarant was well enough for the 45-minute drive to the airport.
However, when they arrived, staff at John Lennon Airport in Liverpool noticed something was wrong.
Andrew Millea, a worker who greeted the group with a wheelchair, said one of the women asked for help lifting her father from the car.
"I did my best to help by lifting the man from his seat," he said. "To my horror his face fell sideways against mine, it was ice-cold. I knew straight away that the man was dead, but they reassured me that he 'always sleeps like that.'"
The German women are thought to have decided to sneak Jarant -- thought to have died of natural causes -- on the flight rather than pay up to $7,650 in repatriation fees for the body.
Police arrested Jarant's wife, Gitta, 66, and his stepdaughter, Anke Anusic, 44, on suspicion of failing to give notification of death.
Apparently he has been "well enough" indeed for the taxi ride, so IMO they were just being a bit picky at the airport
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