Posted on 12/02/2016 2:04:49 PM PST by heterosupremacist
A Pennsylvania woman found the mummified remains of her grandson in her attic two years after the man suddenly went missing, authorities said.
Zanobia Richmond discovered the corpse of Dyquain Rogers, 21 who was reported missing in November 2014 after she heard a thump on the top floor of her Erie County home, officials said. She called police immediately after making the gruesome find.
They were mummified, Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook told The Post of the remains. The lack of airflow and the fact that the attic wasnt vented those conditions were optimal for dehydration and mummification.
Officials did not release a cause of death, but sources said it appeared Rogers had hanged himself.
Cook, the countys coroner of 16 years, said his office rarely sees cases involving mummified bodies.
It is unusual, we dont see much of that, he said. Theyre very rare.
Cook said theres no evidence of foul play, saying theres nothing to suggest anything other than suicide in the case. But some of Rogers relatives had to be convinced that he took his own life, including his aunt, who organized early efforts to find him when he originally disappeared.
Erica Jeffries-Jordan told the Erie Times-News on Thursday that she now accepts suicide as her nephews cause of death after initially calling for an autopsy, saying she didnt believe that Rogers killed himself.
I have to accept it now because that is what they said, Jeffries-Jordan told the newspaper, referring to police, Cook and another one of Rogers relatives. I really dont want to accept it.
After questioning the initial suicide ruling on Wednesday, Rogers told the newspaper she no longer disputes Cooks finding.
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The head finally detached from the body... :(
Nope it’s the old lady across the street. She used to be a nice person till her husband died. She went off the deep end. So sad. Supposedly her kids were going to come clean out the house but it needs a dozer and a few dump trucks. It has been sitting empty (people empty) for several months sealed up. Imagine a house sized compost pit. A lot of feral cats hang around the place. Probably full of rats and mice.
Mummy necks lack tensile strength
SO, DID HE VOTE??
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