A woman has been found dead in her flat in Dorset six years after she died.

The woman, named locally as Anne Leitrim, lived in Tolpuddle Gardens in the Muscliff area of Bournemouth.

A bailiff, estate agent and two locksmiths broke into the ground floor flat on Tuesday and discovered the remains.

Dorset Police said the body was believed to be that of a woman in her seventies but said it was not treating the death as suspicious.

Neighbour John Stanley said: "It's horrifying that, after that amount of time, why hadn't anybody noticed it?

"Because we thought she moved out. She owned a car - the car disappeared - so we automatically thought the lady's moved out and that was it."


Courtesy: BBC

Bringing some kind of social interaction, however small, into lives of aged people living alone will really makes a difference. Your view?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28039848

Wow! Dangers of living alone!

sauer: Wow! Dangers of living alone!

exactly !!

Why hadn't anybody notice it? Well, these days people hardly notice their living neighbours not to talk of a dead one! #everyone-on-your-own

And this is the society we are trying to emulate/imitate

hydeka: Why hadn't anybody notice it? Well, these days people hardly notice their living neighbours not to talk of a dead one! #everyone-on-your-own

Could hardly happen in a Nigeria, for example, where nosy neighbors abound. In England or America? Very very likely