Woman Dead for 42 Years Before Someone Noticed
Jun 23rd 2008
By Tom Radler
WeirdNews
We're not sure what was on TV in 1966 in the former Yugoslavia, but it was the last thing seen by a woman whose remains have only recently been found.
Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, was discovered by police in the Croatian capital of Zagreb, long-dead and sitting in her armchair in front of her black-and-white television.
The deceased had been reported missing 42 years ago, and neighbors say they thought she had moved away to live with relatives. Oddly though, the police only recently broke in to try to determine who owned the apartment and they still have not figured out how the woman could have been reported missing so long ago without anyone checking the residence.
"When officers went there, they said it was like stepping into a place frozen in time," a police spokesman said. "The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in ... Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there."
A neighbor, fittingly, remembered Golik as "a quiet woman who kept herself to herself."
Re: Woman Dead for 42 Years Before Someone Noticed
reminds me of the news not so long ago of the woman who died at home in London and was not found for about 2 years. Only after neighbours reported some bad smells did someone break in and find a woman sitting on a sofa in a rotted condition. The TV was still one. I guess she must have had a big bank account and was paying everything by direct debit in order to have not been discovered...
Re: Woman Dead for 42 Years Before Someone Noticed
format_quote Originally Posted by - Serene -
The skull, you mean? Or the whole image that has been found?
No, the whole scene....
"a place frozen in time," a police spokesman said. "The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in ... Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there."
Re: Woman Dead for 42 Years Before Someone Noticed
format_quote Originally Posted by crayon
No, the whole scene....
"a place frozen in time," a police spokesman said. "The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in ... Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there."
actually, it does make an interesting image.
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