Posted on 01/09/2006 4:41:22 PM PST by ncountylee
CINCINNATI (AP) -- A dead woman dressed in white was positioned in a chair in front of a television set for 2 1/2 years because she told her caregiver that she didn't want to be buried and planned to return, the coroner said.
"Don't show my body when I'm dead," Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O'dell Owens said Monday in describing Johannas Pope's wishes. "Don't bury me. I'm coming back."
Pope, 61, died Aug. 29, 2003. Her caretaker and friend, whose name has not been released, left the woman upstairs in the home with the television and air conditioning on while the body slowly decayed and mummified, authorities said.
Some family members continued to live downstairs in the house since her death.
Police went to the house last Wednesday after a relative who hadn't seen Pope in 2 1/2 years called them. They found a staircase behind a door blocked by a basket and climbed to the second floor where they found the body.
"Standing outside, one could smell death," Owens said
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Who paid her electricity bill?
I guess the Kerry campaign claims she would have voted for John Kerry. Another recount!
What show was she watching?
..I felt that way the first time I watched Larry King Live
Doogle
Maybe Letterman...?
There's a Bengals joke in here somewhere.
---What show was she watching?---
6 Feet Under
sheesh!
Bet me a burger that she voted in '04, and that somehone has been drawing some sort of benefits in her name.
This one will surely turn up on "CSI."
That explains how MSNBCs ratings have plateaud.
Probably the family members who lived downstairs or it was deducted from her checking account. If she was getting a monthly check it may have continued to be deposited. I don't know how they stood the odor.
"I don't know how they stood the odor."
After awhile one doesn't notice the odor, nasal fatigue sets in.
This guy has a vivid imagination. "Standing outside, one could smell death," Owens said.
Her "Last Will and Testament" must have been the half-time speech
be curious to see who she voted for
Quincy
The dead are who watches TV anyway....
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