Posted on 01/09/2006 6:22:49 AM PST by plain talk
A woman in Shelton, Wash., who was reported missing by her husband, was found dead under piles of clutter in their home, where she suffocated to death, according to police. Shelton Police Chief Terry Davenport said the home was so cluttered that police officers' heads touched the ceiling as they climbed over the clutter.
Authorities found the body of 62-year-old Marie Rose buried under clothes after 10 hours of searching. She reportedly suffered from a condition known as hoarding. Rose's husband believes she fell while looking for the phone in the house this week and suffocated. There were so many piles of items that the man did not realize she was dead in the home.
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Read this one to the wife. Made her feel good.
Why didn't the husband do something or didn't he realize they may have a problem?
I can relate to this. I've got three boys, and when they've been home all day (particularly after Christmas) toys are strewn and cluttering the house so bad that my head touches the ceiling while I'm crawling into the house.
Don't ever throw anything away. You might need it...........To hide your wife's body........
I worry about our son, his dorm room has dirty socks that migrate and pizza boxes with best if eaten dates in Roman Numerals and yet he has no problem finding the phone.
Clearly you have never tried to tell your wife something or do something.
If da mama ain't happy, nobody is happy!!!
>>Rose's husband believes she fell while looking for the phone in the house this week and suffocated.
I hate when that happens.
Never thought about it being fatal, though!
I'm keeping this story. May post it on the doors of the kids' rooms.
This is one of those stories that makes us feel maybe we're not in such bad shape, after all - kind of like reading about the 1,000 pound man who can't leave his house. This really is a strange disorder, though, this need to accumulate more and more junk. My family knows a woman like that and she just can't accept that she won't "take it with her" - she just has to have her piles of magazines and stuff around her.
As a professional organizer I have seen a lot of clutter but never heard of anyone dying under all the clutter.
We used to help people organize their homes now we prefer organizing offices specializing in medical offices.
LOL! Good one!
I know of a home like this; however, they have clear paths through the clutter to the bath, kitchen, and between the sofa and television. A visitor to the home was sitting with the husband on the sofa when a rabbit ran by. The husband threw a boot at it determined to knock out his daughter's pet that had been loose in the home for nearly a year. He missed. Can you just imagine how many rabbit pellets had accumulated throughout that house in a year's time? Yuck.
LOL! I guess we all have the same problem! Thank goodness for doors!
She definately needed to visit FlyLady.net
People who are hoarders are usually quite difficult to live with when you try to part them from their things. Hoarding is actually a symptom of obssessive compulsive disorder. I was a case manager for mentally ill people and I had a couple of hoarders on my caseload. For most hoarders the clutter makes them feel secure.
Too bad this lady didn't discover flylady.net. She is the queen of clutter busting.
Shelton Police Chief Terry Davenport said the home was so cluttered that police officers' heads touched the ceiling as they climbed over the clutter.
Think I will clean out my closets today.
It is best to leave at least a small amount of uneaten food sitting about. That way the rats don't bother you while your sleeping.
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