German found living with dead housemate

Yahoo ^ | Wed, Jun 11, 2003

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities have put a 43-year-old man into psychiatric care after he was found living with his housemate who had been dead a month, police say.

Police discovered the rotting body of the 58-year-old man on his living room couch, following a tip-off from a hired gardener who grew suspicious after being repeatedly sent away. An autopsy on the body gave no hint of foul play, police said.

"The man told us he had just stopped eating," said Hans Roeck, a police spokesman in the southern town of Aalen.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Ok Ethan, You keep posting morbid stuff...Frozen animals, and now more "Stiffs". Is there some fascination going on here?

[ArGee]

Can someone please explain why this man was sent to a psychiatrist? Can't a man live with whomever or whatever he wants as long as it's consensual?

Shalom.

[Mr. Lucky]

Some homosexuals, you know, are a little queer.

[Zavien Doombringer]

It's a story from Germany, I suppose if there was necrophilia going on, he would have been left alone.

[mountaineer]

"Weekend at Bernhardt's"?

[iceskater]

The man told us he had just stopped eating,"

Yeah, well, death will do that.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Here here. This is another case of the Morality Police interfering in what happens in the privacy of one's own home.

What an outrage...

[SwinneySwitch]

"The man told us he had just stopped eating,"

I think the smell would have been the tip-off!

[Jonah Hex]

"When asked, the man stated 'I know nothing, nothing!' before they took him to the cooler."

[Mr. Lucky]

Not to a European.

[Rennes Templar]

I think FR needs a "bizarre and macabre" topic category.

[Zavien Doombringer]

Most definitely!!!

[Chad Fairbanks]

We already have one - it's called 'Breaking News' ;0)

[riri]

I would imagine, with those Germans, it could get a little hard to tell if one was dead or alive.

I guess you could check for a pulse or if his bike hasn't been moved in a while you might know something was wrong.

[Rennes Templar]

I think eating all that kraut and gerkens has a preservative effect.

[Billthedrill]

Don't think of him as "dead" - think of him as "differently vital." Necro-Americans have rights, you know. The Germans simply need to get an ADA.

[LibWhacker]

I think the smell would have been the tip-off!

Ahhhh . . . This happened in Germany, remember. Krauts aren't exactly known for their exceptionally high standards in the old personal hygiene department, 'ya know. Sometimes it's hard to tell a dead one from a live one.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Can someone please explain why this man was sent to a psychiatrist? Can't a man live with whomever or whatever he wants as long as it's consensual?

All animals are equal but some pathologies are more equal than other pathologies.

Squealer