Grieving Belgian woman
sleeps next to the grisly
remains of her dead
husband for almost a
year
By Ted Thornhill
16:56 19 Nov 2013,
updated 20:00 19 Nov
2013
WARNING:
GRAPHIC
CONTENT
It's thought that an
asthma attack killed
the man, from
Brussels, last year
The neighbours
weren't suspicious,
but unpaid rent
alerted the
authorities
A grieving woman was so
devastated by her
husband’s death that she
couldn’t bear to report it
– and slept next to his
corpse for almost a year.
The mummified remains
of Marcel H, 79, lay
undiscovered in a
Brussels apartment.
It’s thought that he died
of an asthma attack in
November last year, but
his beloved 69-year-old
wife, who hasn’t been
named, continued to
sleep next to the grisly
remains, despite the
smell of decomposition.
Neighbours didn’t detect
any unusual odours and
the authorities in
Belgium only became
suspicious after the
landlord claimed the
couple had not paid their
rent since 2012.
When they entered the
apartment they found
the mummified remains
of Marcel H.
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