A macabre discovery. In the United States, a woman found the body of her husband in a cupboard while looking for Christmas decorations in a box. The man had been missing for eight months when he was discovered.
A case of disappearance with a gruesome outcome. In the United States, a Georgia resident is stepping up her efforts to find the trace of her brother who has been missing for seven months, by sharing photos, wanted notices and asking for help with searches on social networks. The wanted man has in fact never left his home.
Indeed, while she was looking for Christmas decorations, his wife came across the body of the man in a cupboard located in the family home. “I decided to put up the Christmas tree and was looking for a bag of Christmas decorations, and that’s when I found it. He committed suicide”said Jennifer Maedge to our colleagues from FoxNews. A difficult discovery for the young woman married for 19 years to Richard Maedge. For the victim’s sister, Marilyn Toliver, the investigation carried out by the police in Troy, Illinois was botched. She recalls that police were called to her brother’s home at least twice, first after his sister-in-law, Jennifer Maedge, reported Richard missing on April 27, then when she noticed a bad smell .
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A botched investigation?
The victim’s wife thought it was a plumbing problem or that her freezer had broken down. After the intervention of a plumber and the police, the idea that the bad smell came from the sewers had been favored. Nobody could have imagined that the foul smell could come from a rotting corpse located in a cupboard. “Mistakes have been made and I want answers. If it is necessary to file a complaint and go to the governor, I will do it. I won’t go away. I’m just starting to say things out loud. I should have screamed from the start, but I got tricked by the police who told me they were doing their job and were looking for him”explained the sister of the victim to our colleagues.
She regrets that, despite several reports, the searches were carried out by simple patrollers and not by inspectors who, according to her, could have found the bad smell of the suspect wife’s home. “My brother has been missing for 229 days,” Marilyn Toliver said. “I find this unacceptable”, continues the sister of the victim. Father of two children and grandfather of three grandchildren, Richard Maedge was described as a loving father with a passion for sports and mechanics.