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Title: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: 240 is Back on February 18, 2007, 12:11:28 PM: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police called to a Long Island man's house discovered the mummified remains of the resident, dead for more than a year, sitting in front of a blaring television set.

The 70-year-old Hampton Bays, New York, resident, identified as Vincenzo Ricardo, appeared to have died of natural causes. Police said on Saturday his body was discovered on Thursday when they were called to the house over a burst water pipe.

"You could see his face. He still had hair on his head," Newsday quoted morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus as saying. The home's low humidity had preserved the body.

Officials could not explain why the electricity had not been turned off, considering Ricardo had not been heard from since December 2005.

Neighbors said when they had not seen Ricardo, who was diabetic and had been blind for years, they assumed he was in the hospital or a long-term care facility.
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Karl Kox on February 20, 2007, 01:14:41 AM: I have seen some nasty shit like that at school.
You would be surprised at how well a body will preserve under the right conditions
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: gtbro1 on February 20, 2007, 01:17:36 AM: Thats what you call glued to the tv.
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Bluto on February 20, 2007, 05:27:02 AM: i found it more surprising that he was blind and sitting in front of the tv
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Karl Kox on February 20, 2007, 08:20:48 AM: Quote from: Bluto on February 20, 2007, 05:27:02 AM
i found it more surprising that he was blind and sitting in front of the tv

hah ya no shit
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Mr. Intenseone on February 20, 2007, 08:32:33 AM: Dude probably looked like me right after I got my big screen!
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: G o a t b o y on February 20, 2007, 09:13:11 AM: The more poignant aspect of stories like this is not the mummification - that's just a natural process - but the fact that people like this die and no one notices or cares they are gone, to the point they can become a year-old (or years-old) mummy in their own home.
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Karl Kox on February 20, 2007, 09:26:59 AM: Quote from: G o a t b o y on February 20, 2007, 09:13:11 AM
The more poignant aspect of stories like this is not the mummification - that's just a natural process - but the fact that people like this die and no one notices or cares they are gone, to the point they can become a year-old (or years-old) mummy in their own home.

Yes that is very sad.
I can only hope I do not end up like that
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Dos Equis on February 20, 2007, 10:02:09 AM: Quote from: Mr. Intenseone on February 20, 2007, 08:32:33 AM
Dude probably looked like me right after I got my big screen!

lol. Word! ;D
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Camel Jockey on February 20, 2007, 10:11:50 AM: Why is this shit happening? Anyone remember the story about a Russian guy?
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: gtbro1 on February 20, 2007, 11:47:14 PM: Quote from: Camel Jockey on February 20, 2007, 10:11:50 AM
Why is this shit happening? Anyone remember the story about a Russian guy?

Ivan Drago?
Title: Re: Mummified body found in front of blaring TV
Post by: Tombo on February 21, 2007, 03:10:56 AM: it's worse when the neighbours smell something .. then u find a corpse that looks like the facehugger fugged their face a looong time ago.