Mummified Russian Man Found Dead in Sitting Position After 6 Years

[Dos Equis]

 

Mummified Russian Man Found Dead in Sitting Position After 6 Years
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

After six years, you'd think someone would have wondered, "Whatever happened to Vladimir?"

Russian police got their answer late last week when they went to the apartment of Vladimir Ledenev, who hadn't been seen since 2000, Pravda reported.

What they found left them stunned.

Vladimir's body was discovered in a sitting position, his arm, still retaining some flesh, leaning on the kitchen table, his head slumped over. An empty vodka bottle and a glass sat in front of him, according to Pravda's reports.

Neighbors reported that Ledenev, 68, vanished without a trace six years ago.

“We reckoned that he’d moved somewhere else or checked himself into a hospital; he had TB,” said Irina Borodina, one of his neighbors, according to Pravda.

Neighbors told police that Ledenev had started drinking heavily after his mother passed away 10 years ago.
 
The neighbors told an investigator that many people tried to contact the missing man for months following his disappearance, but then, somehow, people seemed to forget about him.

The grisly discovery was finally made by workers of a housing management office as they were made their rounds in the apartments of those who owed unpaid bills.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,249046,00.html

[mightymouse72]

....and 'stairway to heaven' still playing on his tape player.   
that hasn't been confirmed yet.

wonder why no one ever checked on the poor guy??

[Camel Jockey]

....and 'stairway to heaven' still playing on his tape player.   
that hasn't been confirmed yet.

wonder why no one ever checked on the poor guy??

Yeah, my thoughts exactly.. Looks like the cops didn't do their job.

[Dos Equis]

And what about the smell of a decomposing body? 

[G o a t b o y]

The grisly discovery was finally made by workers of a housing management office as they were made their rounds in the apartments of those who owed unpaid bills.

It's good to know that in Russia you can get away with not paying your rent for six years before your landlord will try to enter the apartment. 

[240 is Back]

It's good to know that in Russia you can get away with not paying your rent for six years before your landlord will try to enter the apartment. 

i'm moving there.

[24KT]

I heard about a similar case, where all the guy's bills ie: rent, electricity, & monthly phone bills were automatically deducted from his checking account. His monthly pension check was automatically deposited to his checking account, ...so they didn't discover he was dead for a few years. Bizarre.