Three family members have been charges with cashing the Social Security checks of a Wisconsin woman who has been missing for 30 years. Her son Charles T. Jost (right), 66, daughter, Delores M. Disher (middle), 69, and son-in-law, Ronald Disher (left), 71, were charged with theft and mail fraud. Click below to read more.

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Charges including theft and mail fraud have been filed against Charles T. Jost, 66, Delores M. Disher 69, and Ronald Disher, 71. They are the son, daughter and son-in-law, respectively, of Marie Jost, who would be 100 if she were alive today. The three made their initial appearances in Portage County Court in Wisconsin on Monday, Marie Jost, from the Amhert Junction area in Portage County, was last seen about 30 years ago, and investigators say her body might be buried on her Amherst property.
On Monday, police brought in an excavator to dig deeper on the property but did not immediately find any remains.
The sheriff’s office began an investigation after receiving a call from a Social Security Administration official on Aug. 30 saying that benefit checks mailed to Marie Jost’s home were being cashed by an unknown person.
According to prosecutors, the three accused relatives had received $175,000 in Social Security benefits issued to Marie Jost, the mother of Charles and Dolores. Investigators said they found $9,000 in a fanny-pack in Marie Jost’s home and another $8,000 in a search of Disher’s home, according to WSAW.

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