Mummified Body Found Watching TV
February 19th 2007 21:04
Eww, this one will give you nightmares. Not exactly celebrity news, but I thought I'd pass this along. From http://today.reuters.com:
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police called to a Long Island man's house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they were called to the house over a burst water pipe.
"You could see his face. He still had hair on his head," Newsday quoted morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus as saying. The home's low humidity had preserved the body.
Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.
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Eww.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police called to a Long Island man's house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.
The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they were called to the house over a burst water pipe.
Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.
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Eww.
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Comment by David
A similar incident happened in Sydney a few years ago ... So many people die alone ... (but I guess economic rationalism and globalisation take Governmental priority over any humane considerations regarding people in their own back yards... ? *
And Dementia over at the 'Coffin Conversations' Blog has also written about this ...
Her comment was, 'He probably died of boredom watching TV' ...
It reminds me of the British film, Waking Ned Devine' ... where the guy dies of shock watching TV when he realises he's won Lotto, and they find him grasping the winning ticket ...
David ... (trying to keep the comment short this time ... okay ??? *
Comment by KylieW
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That's kind of sad that someone could die and nobody notice for a year.
Comment by MelissaA
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