PARIS (AFP) – The new owner of an
apartment near Paris made a shocking
discovery last week when he took
possession: the mummified body of the
previous owner which had been hanging
for eight years.
The body was found in the apartment in the
Paris suburb of Bussy-Saint-Georges on
Friday, after the flat was sold at auction
following its repossession by the bank,
police and judicial sources said.
The previous owner, a former security
guard of Cambodian origin, appears to have
committed suicide by hanging himself with
a sheet.
The man, aged around 40 when he died,
had not been heard from since 2005 when
he filed a labour complaint against his firing.
He had cut ties with his family years before
and neighbours believed he had returned to
Cambodia.
His apartment was eventually sold after he
failed to make mortgage payments and to
cover building charges.
A police source said the new owner
discovered the body when he arrived to
inspect the apartment and entered with the
aid of a locksmith.
“The body was in perfect condition, as was
the apartment,” the source said.
Investigators were unable to explain why
the body had not decomposed.
Neighbours said they had no inkling of what
lay inside the flat.
“I thought it was an abandoned apartment,”
said Camille, who lives in one of the four-
storey building’s 20-odd apartments.
“Bussy is a commuter suburb, people don’t
see each other much,” she said.
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Tinz time End

How come nobody noticed the body for 8 good years