Body found in bed after seven years (Germany, typically)

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | May 11, 2007 - 6:09AM

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The decomposed corpse of a German man has been found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said today.

The police said in a statement the man was 59 and unemployed at the time of his death. He most likely died of natural causes on November 30, 2000, the date he received a letter from the Welfare Office found in the flat, police said.

Next to the dead man's bed police found cigarettes, an open television guide and Deutschemark coins, which went out of circulation after the euro was introduced in 2002.

The man's flat was in a building with offices and units, many of which are now empty.

"No one missed him. No missing person report was ever filed," the police said.

Reuters

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[PissAndVinegar]

Not too fond of Germans, are you? :)

[Obadiah]

"I know nuthing!"

[<1/1,000,000th%]

That’s what happens when you don’t have any family or friends.

Or neighbors.

[dead]

Not too fond of Germans, are you? :)

They're alright (I mean, other than that Nazi thingy.)

They're sure funny though. I didn't even bring up the gay german who ate his own sliced off and cooked penis before willing letting his boyfriend finish killing him.

They're odd, like the French, only darker.

[PissAndVinegar]

yea - they got that whole leather and chain / bondage thing too...

They are an odd folk - but sure know how to make beer and sausage! LOL

[bugs_dallas]

Ward of the State.

[DumpsterDiver]

German Settles Divorce With Chainsaw

Beware of power tools.

Grisly Murder-Suicide Found

LA HABRA, CA - A man decapitated his mother with a circular saw and then used it to kill himself, authorities said. Police said the woman's body was lying on one of the beds. She had been decapitated. The man's body was on an adjacent bed, and he had suffered severe trauma to his neck.

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[ozzymandus]

Why is this “typical” of Germans? Your list reads like one day of a New York tabloid.

[KeyLargo]

I am certain that this person voted early and often in numerous Chicago elections over the past 7 years. Mayor Richard Daley

[nkycincinnatikid]

bump

[Bonaparte]

The only man in Germany left alone by the government.

Somehow they missed one.

[dead]

Why is this “typical” of Germans? Your list reads like one day of a New York tabloid.

Fair point. Lots of Germans in NYC.

[antiRepublicrat]

It wasn’t a boyfriend thing, the victim answered an Internet ad asking for someone who was willing to be killed and eaten. Funny thing is the authorities didn’t know what to do with the killer for quite a while.

[MittFan08]

Now is the time on Sprockets when we die!

[Cailleach]

Strange thought crossed my mind as I read this. The guy died before sweetiepie was assigned to Germany. We moved to Germany, and even stayed longer than most tours last...this poor guy was not discovered all this time. We moved back to America, and the poor guy is still laying in his bed in Essen. Another year passes before he is found. It’s just so sad that he had noone that cared about him enough to miss him during all that time! I just cannot imagine being so unloved. Poor poor guy. Das ist aber schade. Huge understatement, I know.

[kenth]

They’re odd, like the French, only darker.

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LOL, that’s probably the best summation of Germans I’ve ever read. The previous best I’d ever heard was “flamboyantly macabre”.

[lafroste]

The only man in Germany left alone by the government.
Somehow they missed one.

Actually, they got him too. The article says that he was found next to a letter from the welfare office. What did the letter say? Did it cause cardiac arrest? No clearer evidence there be that Socialism Kills.

[JOAT]

How does one go 7 years without making a rent payment? Was this some form of goverment subsidized housing or something?

[mikrofon]

Ich bin ein Bedlyin’er