Posted on 05/28/2018 6:06:55 PM PDT by bgill
A neighbor’s call to 911 started the investigation into the whereabouts of 68-year-old Charles Frary -- or Chuck, as his family knew him. Ten days after that 911 call, Chuck’s own children filed a missing persons report. But the effort to find the missing man dragged on for more than a year in the midst of miscommunication between city agencies and a lack of preparedness to handle what they describe as Denver's worst hoarding case on record. The search for Chuck never extended far from his home. Turns out, it didn’t need to: 383 days after that neighbor’s call for help, Chuck’s remains were discovered in his living room... We are very proud of the job our team did,” Lee said [Dir. of Public Health Inspection]
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He could have been set up on direct deposit and auto-pay.
Why did it take so long? Simple, it’s because he wouldn’t open the door when they knocked!
The Fourth Amendment in action. Inaction.
He didn’t answer the door. and his privacy was respected.
/S
One reason and one reason only, his family did not care.
Sometimes people do seal themselves off from the outside world. There is even a word for the severe condition called Agoraphobia. I sometimes wonder if my mother had it before she passed. It may be a manifestation of depression, especially if compulsive hoarding goes with it. Literally cocooning oneself, walling oneself off from the outside world.
“his family did not care.”
I thought so too. You dont let a year pass not knowing where your family member is for crying out loud..
It’s always the last place you look.
“The Fourth Amendment in action. Inaction.”
Huh? What’s this got to do with the Fourth Amendment?
Then you have cases like this - and this woman was NOT a hoarder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Vincent As our society becomes more fragmented, and we have more people (especially the elderly) living alone, this will become more common.
Next time you need to find someone, tell the police you saw them attaching a 10” upper to an adjustable stock lower on an AR and they’ll have him in 2 hours.
Isaak Komisarchik was reported missing about a month before his decomposing body was found in the elevator car.
Why?
They screwed up in almost every way imaginable.
When minutes count the police are just months away.
Yep, Social Security and the utility companies could have kept that circular relationship going for decades.
A lot of people automate all those payments through their bank, and so many people travel or suddenly move that the mail doesn’t even try to keep up with why mail isn’t taken in.
Did I forget the /S?
In these days when privacy is routinely disregarded, no one could be bothered to get a key and do a welfare check. I thought it ironic.
a hoarder???..................... Another Colliers case?
He didn’t answer the door. and his privacy was respected.
Government only rewards failure. The bigger the failure the greater the budget increase and power.
You remind me of an old Jewish joke.
A retired couple went on a world cruise. Unexpectedly their ship ran into a storm and ended up sinking. The two held on to part of a raft and somehow made to to a tiny uninhabited island all alone. The wife was inconsolable, thinking of their family and their loved ones; how would they ever see them again??
The husband shrugged and said, “Don’t you worry. Before we left I pledged $25K to the Jewish Federation. They’ll find us!”
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