Or he thought it led out to somewhere. Either way, must have been a heck of a way to die. I think for me, the worst of it would to have died standing up. It probably took 3 to 4 days without water to die. I suppose one’s body would figure out how to sleep standing up, but man - I can’t imagine having to stand for 3 days straight.
I’m surprised he couldn’t yell loud enough for folks to hear him. Although perhaps he fell head first and died instantly.
Probably died from the fall since it takes a few days for the stink to develop...and no one heard anything.
I don’t think he went head first. They pulled away the bricks and found his shoe and leg. If they thought it was a sewage they’d be pulling near the bottom. I bet what happened is that he got stuck and died about 12 hours later when the temperature went over 100.