• Man's skeletal remains found in Perth unit
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[quote]The skeletal remains of a 75-year-old man lay in a central Perth state housing unit for up to two years despite neighbours urging housing department officials next door to check on him. The man's remains were found on Thursday slumped against the bed in his Wellington Street unit by a Department of Housing worker. The discovery has prompted state opposition housing spokesman Mark McGowan to demand the government conduct a full audit to ensure no other people are lying dead, dying or suffering in state-provided homes. But Premier Colin Barnett says that's a gross overreaction and, sad though the case is, it is not the responsibility of Homeswest to look after the health and welfare of tenants. Police say it appears the man died of natural causes and are preparing a report for the WA coroner. WA Housing Minister Troy Buswell has asked his department to investigate why the central city Perth death was not discovered sooner. Neighbours say they repeatedly urged housing department officials in the office block next to the apartments to check on the man after they noticed mail piling up. "What about inspections? There's no duty of care. It's like that woman in Sydney, nobody cares about anyone else anymore," one woman told The West Australian newspaper. In Sydney this week, police found the body of an elderly woman who had lain dead in her Surry Hills home in the central city for eight years. Two people who live on the same floor as the dead man said they voiced their concerns to the department three times in the past two years, most recently six weeks ago. "Our lease agreement says we are supposed to have an inspection every six months," one said. "We've only had one in three years." Mr McGowan told reporters on Saturday that West Australians would be shocked that a fellow citizen had died and been left in his home for two years without being discovered. "It defies belief that we can have a state government office next door to this property, complaints made and this property not investigated and inspected." Mr McGowan said there were about 40,000 Homeswest properties in WA and about half of them occupied by aged pensioners, underlying the need for regular inspections. He urged the government to do a full audit to "make sure this doesn't happen again and that there aren't other people dead or suffering or dying". But Mr Barnett said demanding a full audit was a gross overreaction and he was sure Mr Buswell and Homeswest would ensure inspections were carried out to avoid a repeat of a very sad situation. "It just shows, not many friends, not many family and unfortunately some people are totally alone," Mr Barnett told reporters. "I don't think we need to exaggerate this, sad as it is, it's a fairly unusual occurrence." He said he assumed the man was receiving pension payments that were automatically going to pay his rent. The premier said inspections clearly didn't happen and that would be investigated. "But it is not something that is in a sense the fault of Homeswest. "It's not their responsibility to look after the health and welfare of tenants. They provide housing at subsidised rates, that's their prime role," Mr Barnett said.[/quote] Source: [url]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8270950/mans-skeletal-remains-found-in-perth-unit[/url] We all have skeletons in our closets. Oh, by the way: Then a skeleton popped out.
How does that go unnoticed for [i]three years[/i]? First off, the adjacent neighbors would have probably been able to smell it when it was decomposing, second, 3 years of mail would be everywhere, and third even though I don't go outside often, I still see my neighbors now and again.
[QUOTE=TheGronk;31006842]Oh, by the way: Then a skeleton popped out.[/QUOTE] Was it hyper-realistic?
Skeleton always spawn in the darkness. Dead people could go many months or even years before people can notice them. Even if their decomposing body give off a terrible odor.
[QUOTE=BCell;31007051]Skeleton always spawn in the darkness. Dead people could go many months or even years before people can notice them. Even if their decomposing body give off a terrible odor.[/QUOTE] Just expose them to the open air, they'll spontaneously combust.
Atleast he didn't have cats that fed on him, happened to my ex neighbour.. :D
[QUOTE=Kelju;31007712]Atleast he didn't have cats that fed on him, happened to my ex neighbour.. :D[/QUOTE] Your avatar helps your post greatly.
[QUOTE=Mr. Bleak;31006882]3 years of mail would be everywhere[/QUOTE] If it is anything like in the US, they stop delivering once the mailbox is full.
This my friend is why we should be very suspicious if there is a terrible odor emanating from a secluded places
So wait, the neighbors were concerned for two years, but they never went next door to check on their extremely elderly neighbor after the first few weeks of silence? The fuck kinda shit is that.
it makes you wonder what his body looked like after three years, how decomposed would it be?
This is something I don't want to happen to me. I mean to die alone, and no one would even notice.
I wonder what his house smelled like.
[QUOTE=Mak123;31012931]it makes you wonder what his body looked like after three years, how decomposed would it be?[/QUOTE] it would probably be skeletonized
[QUOTE=Kelju;31007712]Atleast he didn't have cats that fed on him, happened to my ex neighbour.. :D[/QUOTE] Why are you so happy? "Grandma was shot and killed in an alley! :D" No... no, it doesn't work.
Wellington street? I'm very close...
Christ didnt his relatives check up on him? Was he THAT alone? Damn.
[QUOTE=BurningPride;31013233]I wonder what his house smelled like.[/QUOTE] Rotting, decomposing and decaying of human flesh.
[QUOTE=JgcxCub;31007296]Just expose them to the open air, they'll spontaneously combust.[/QUOTE] Not air, [B][I]sunlight[/I][/B]. God, people don't know anything these days...
As far as I know, a decaying body only smells for a month or so, after that, it's odorless.
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