The inhabitants of a petrified neighborhood after a macabre discovery on the roof of a house

petrified. The inhabitants of a district of Chapeltown in Leeds, England, are still not recovering from it. On October 9, 2022, they were spending a peaceful Sunday afternoon when their street was the scene ofan unprecedented action. After blocking several roads around a three-storey terraced housethe firefighters took out the large ladder to reach the roof of this house. “The body of a man found on the roof of a house in Leeds yesterday is believed to be that of a man reported missing at this address”said a West Yorkshire Police spokesman told the DailyMirror.

The corpse on the roof was wrapped in a blanket

Gerard Colgan, 32, had no no longer given any sign of life since October 2. His brother had reported his disappearance through a message posted on Facebook: “My brother hasn’t been seen for a few days and we were all a little worried about his condition.” The body of the disappeared was finally found on this roof, wrapped in a mysterious yellow blanket. But the circumstances of the causes of his death are still unclear.

A few days before this macabre discoverya neighborhood trader had met relatives of the missing person. “There were quite a few walking around with posters. I didn’t know him but we all heard about him. It’s really sad because yesterday morning they were still looking for him and had hope”, he told local media, still in shock. According to several testimonies, Gerard Colgan shared his apartment with another man, named Ben. The two roommates were always very discreet. Ben was also inside the apartment when the emergency services landed and put an end to days of research. A tragic end.