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Mummified Body Found Sitting In Front Of TV
KUTV.com ^
| Jan 10, 2006
Posted on 01/10/2006 10:45:06 AM PST by Dementon
CINCINNATI The mummified body of a woman who didn't want to be buried was found in a chair in front of her television set 2 1/2 years after her death, authorities said.
Johannas Pope had told her live-in caregiver that she didn't want to be buried and planned on returning after she died, Hamilton County Coroner O'Dell Owens said Monday.
Pope died in August 2003 at age 61. Her body was found last week in the upstairs of her home on a quiet street. Some family members continued to live downstairs, authorities said. No one answered the doorbell at Pope's home Monday afternoon.
It could take weeks to determine Pope's cause of death because little organ tissue was available for testing, Owens said.
An air conditioner had been left running upstairs, and that allowed the body to slowly mummify, he said. The machine apparently stopped working about a month ago, and the body began to smell.
"Standing outside, one could smell death,'' Owens said.
Police went to the house last Wednesday after receiving a call from a relative who hadn't seen Pope in years. They found a staircase behind a door blocked by a basket and climbed to the second floor, where they found the body.
It was not clear if any crimes were committed, Owens said.
Authorities did not identify the caregiver, a women in her 40s who apparently lived in the home with Pope, Pope's daughter and her 3-year-old granddaughter.
"The caregiver is not someone you'd think was from another planet or really seems off the wall – (she's) a pretty normal kind of person,'' he said. "But I think out of loyalty, friendship and love of her friend, (she) decided to keep the body at home.''
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Was wondering where mummy had got off to.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:45:08 AM PST
by
Dementon
To: Dementon
So Helen Thomas watches TV. Big deal.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:46:10 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
(If I don't reply, don't think you're winning. I often just don't bother to argue.)
To: Dementon; mhking
This is the biggest "Just Damm" I have seen today.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:46:56 AM PST
by
L,TOWM
(Liberals, The Other White Meat)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; PaulaB; EX52D; teenyelliott; peacebaby; Millee; ...
This happened in my neck of the woods ping.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:47:36 AM PST
by
day10
(Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
To: Dementon
Proof positive that television will indeed rot your brain!
To: Dementon
3rd regurgitation of this one in 2 days..
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:49:19 AM PST
by
xcamel
(Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
To: day10
Day10, do we need to raise bail money?
To: Dementon
Probably waiting for the next Soprano season. It takes that long.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:50:12 AM PST
by
toddlintown
(Lennon takes six bullets to the chest, Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f'ing bullet?)
To: xcamel
I searched. It didn't show up.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:50:41 AM PST
by
Dementon
(You're unique! Just like everyone else!)
To: Dementon
So, the big question is, what was she watching?
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:51:30 AM PST
by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: Dementon
Probably watching Joe Biden.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:51:55 AM PST
by
toddlintown
(Lennon takes six bullets to the chest, Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f'ing bullet?)
To: Dementon
...was found in a chair in front of her television set 2 1/2 years after her death, authorities said. Did they at least leave the TV on?
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:52:26 AM PST
by
Recovering Hermit
(Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription...is more cowbell!)
To: Dementon
....found in a chair in front of her television set 2 1/2 years after her death,....
And she was still waiting for Joe Biden to finish his opening question.
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:53:14 AM PST
by
San Jacinto
(Hearing something on the network news is reason enough to disbelieve it.)
To: Dementon
It's a bit bizarre, but I don't see why anyone would think a crime had been committed.
I wonder if she is still clutching her remote control?
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:53:31 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Dementon
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:55:05 AM PST
by
xcamel
(Exposing clandestine operations is treason. 13 knots make a noose.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
No thanks - I'm clear of this one.......
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:55:43 AM PST
by
day10
(Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense.)
To: day10
OMG, they found my husband!
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:56:27 AM PST
by
peacebaby
(Good morning heartache, if you're gonna stay, you gotta get a job, I've got bills to pay.)
To: xcamel
There is a bit of a difference between titles...
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:58:20 AM PST
by
Dementon
(You're unique! Just like everyone else!)
To: San Jacinto
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posted on
01/10/2006 10:59:58 AM PST
by
peacebaby
(Good morning heartache, if you're gonna stay, you gotta get a job, I've got bills to pay.)
To: day10
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