Dead people in trunks

Some time ago Kent mentioned something about a dead person being driven around Germany in a trunk. This is the whole story:

A woman from a small village near Koblenz decided to carry over her 90 year old dead mother from Bremerhaven (about 500km north of Koblenz) to Koblenz on the backseat of her car, because she couldn't afford the costs for a professional transport by an undertaker.
Having arrived in Koblenz, they met up with some more relatives who wanted to "say goodbye" to the dead woman. Apparently some other person took notice of this and called the police.

I guess the lady knew that this was an illegal act, because she hid her mom under a bunch of clothes.

I can't even say that I can't understand her, because undertaker's ARE expensive over here and a lot of people even have to raise a credit for it.