They called her 'Mommy': Vulnerable senior dies after 2 strangers take over her life

Two men moved into an elderly Toronto woman's home and began claiming to be like her sons. She quickly gave them powers of attorney and signed a will, leaving them everything. Then she died.

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Elton John Rambarrat, left, and Daniel Gopie moved into Dorelia Licorish’s Toronto home and began calling her ‘Mommy.’ She signed a will leaving them everything, then she died. (llustration: Daniel Rofusz/CBC; Photos: TikTok/Daniel Ram, Ousama Farag/CBC, Submitted by Carolyn Garner)

Dorelia Licorish didn't know where she was. Her confusion came after she was asked a simple question by a Toronto judge presiding over a video court hearing last May.

Licorish, an 86-year-old Toronto resident who was in the South American country at the time, turned to the two men with her.

A provincial agency had gone to court to get legal guardianship over Licorish, arguing she was mentally incapable and the men were taking advantage of her financially.

Back in Canada, members of her family had been searching for Licorish. They called police after they hadn't been able to reach her for weeks and her house looked abandoned.

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