A Texas man hid his dead mother’s body for more than two years, moving it between his home and a warehouse, because he was too afraid to report her death, police said.
Rogelio Bernal, 53, was charged with destruction and concealment of a human corpse.
The gruesome discovery was made Thursday when an unidentified individual entered a San Antonio storage facility he had won through auction, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT.
Inside he found a trash can containing the body of an elderly woman.
The property manager told police that Bernal, who has had multiple run-ins with police, was the last person to rent the unit.
He was arrested the next day after police executed an outstanding arrest warrant for drug charges filed against him, which was also allegedly the main factor preventing Bernal from reporting his mother’s death.
Bernal admitted to police that he had been his mother’s primary caregiver and was sharing an apartment with her when she fell in the shower on Oct. 31, 2021, records show.
He rushed to check on her and found her still breathing on the bathroom floor.
Rogelio Bernal allegedly hid his mother’s body in his apartment and a warehouse for more than two years.
However, Bernal did not call 911 due to his extensive criminal record. He also didn’t call when she died shortly after.
Instead, he allegedly placed her body inside the hallway closet inside the apartment, routinely covering her corpse with bleach and other cleaning products.
After a year, he developed a mosquito problem and was evicted from the house.
That’s when Bernal began renting the storage unit and moved his mother’s remains inside, documents state.
The gruesome discovery was made by someone who won the storage unit at auction. google maps
It is unclear how he lost possession of the unit or whether he planned to move the body at another time before it was eventually discovered.
Bernal is being held in the Bexar County Jail on $75,000 bond.
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