In Reims, the body of a 75-year-old woman, who died in May, was discovered this Friday, October 28 in an apartment. Her son, a disabled adult, remained at home without reporting the death.
He stayed for more than 5 months alongside his mother’s corpse. In Reims, in the Marne, firefighters made an unexpected discovery this Friday, October 28. That day, a social landlord, went to one of his apartments because he had no further news from his tenant, a 75-year-old woman, reveals The Union. For lack of response, he then decided to alert the firefighters.
Arrived on the spot, the latter discovered the decomposed corpse of the septuagenarian, on a couch, in “a totally unsanitary apartment”, according to the public prosecutor, Matthieu Bourrette. In the home was also the son of the deceased, a disabled adultwho had never declared the a priori natural death of his mother. He was initially taken into custody. But the autopsy ruled out the criminal trail “a priori“, according to the magistrate.
The son of the deceased “almost never went out”
After being released from police custody, the son was hospitalized after being examined by a psychiatrist. According to a neighbor quoted by the daily, the man “was afraid to confront others, did not like to show off, hardly ever went out”. The latter also added that the septuagenarian never brought anyone into the apartment. “She didn’t want anyone in her home: it was her choice, her way of life, and her son brought up like that did the same. When she ordered meals, which she had done for the past few years because of her health problems, the delivery people had to drop them off on the landing and leave. Even we were not allowed to enter. During the Covid, twice, we worried because she no longer answered the phone. We called the fire brigade, the other time the Samu. He hadn’t liked it. She blamed us for it, telling us that if there was a problem, her son was there”, added the neighbor. The apartment will remain sealed pending the completion of the investigation and the cleaning of the premises.
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Arrived on the spot, the firefighters discovered the decomposed corpse of the septuagenarian, on a couch, in “a totally unsanitary apartment”, according to the public prosecutor, Matthieu Bourrette
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Jail
In the home was also the son of the deceased, a disabled adult, who had never declared the natural death of his mother a priori. He was initially taken into custody. But the autopsy dismissed the criminal track “a priori”, according to the magistrate.
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After being released from police custody, the son was hospitalized after being examined by a psychiatrist.
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According to a neighbor quoted by the daily, the man “was afraid to confront others, did not like to show himself, almost never went out”