Man found dead in his home a year after he died is discovered next to his mother's mummified corpse... who had passed away TEN YEARS earlier

Claudio Alferi, 58, found across a chair in Buenos Aires kitchen next to a 'dried out' woman sat upright in plastic bags and a pair of slippers

Woman identified as his mother who died between 2004 and 2006

Police broke into flat after 'three week smell' reported by neighbours

Mr Alferi believed to have died of natural causes 30 days ago

A man who spent ten years with his mother's mummified corpse sat at his kitchen table has been found dead next to her.

Claudio Alferi, 58, was discovered lying over a chair in his Buenos Aires apartment beside a 'dried out' woman wrapped in plastic bags and wearing slippers.

Police and firefighters burst into the property on Wednesday after neighbours complained of a bad smell lasting since mid-December.

Discovery: Police and firefighters burst into this flat in Carapachay, Buenos Aires, after neighbours reported a smell that had last for three weeks. They found Claudio Alferi, 58, dead next to his mother's corpse

Mystery: Residents in the Argentine capital told officers Mr Alferi had assured them his mother, Margarita Aimer de Alferi, was alive and well. But forensic experts say she died eight to ten years ago

But the officers were forced to call for instant back up on discovering two corpses.

Forensic experts and neighbours identified the woman as Mr Alferi's mother, Margarita Aimer de Alferi

Residents in Carapachay, on the outskirts of the Argentine capital, told detectives they last saw Ms Alferi a decade ago when she was 90 - but her son had insisted she was alive and well.

Initial investigations suggest the couple both died from natural causes.

Forensic experts called to the rundown property on Wednesday believe Ms Alferi died between eight and 10 years ago.

Mr Alferi, they claim, has been dead for 30 days.

Police told local media Mr Alferi is believed to have suffered a psychological breakdown after his mother's death, and also suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder.

An autopsy will be carried out next week as officers probe claims Mr Alferi, believed to have died 30 days ago, suffered a mental breakdown and hid his mother's death due to problems with inheritance

They are now probing allegations he hid his mother's corpse because of a problem over inheritance.

A police source said: 'The old lady's body was covered in bags and plastic and she still had her winter slippers on.

'It looked like she had been covered up lovingly.'

A neighbour added: 'Claudio was a recluse and rarely spoke to us.

'Whenever anyone asked about his mum he'd just say: "She's fine."'