(AP) – A Paragould woman charged with hiding a man’s body in
her home has pleaded guilty to abuse of corpse.
Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington told KAIT-TV that 66-year-old Gloria
Tensley pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in Greene County Circuit Court and was
sentenced to three years in prison.
An attorney for Tensley did not immediately return an after-hours phone call
for comment.
Ellington said that as part of a plea agreement charges of Social Security
fraud against Tensley were dropped.
Tensley was arrested after a man living on the property found the skeletal
remains of Clarence Shanowat in Tensley’s home in July.
Ellington said it’s believed Shanowat died of natural causes and Tensley
didn’t report the death so she could continue collecting his Social Security
disability benefits.
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