William Rhoton of Eagle was sentenced Thursday to seven years fixed in prison for concealing evidence in the death of his mother and stealing her pension funds.

Rhoton was arrested and charged last June with several felonies, including failing to notify authorities of a death, concealing or altering evidence, and grand theft by deception and forgery.

The investigation started after police were contacted by someone who said they hadn’t seen 96-year-old Barbara Rhoton in awhile. It took local police and the FBI eight days to obtain a warrant to search the property of William Rhoton, which was when they found the woman’s body inside an empty SUV on the property.

Rhoton admitted to hiding his mother’s death for over a year in order to keep her pension funds.