CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — 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.
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This is pretty cool. I've never blogged before. Should I smoke a cigarette after, cuddle w/ a coworker, or lay down at my desk and just nap?
That story makes you wonder... if you leave cheese out over night, is it still okay to eat?
Steve, I think you cuddle with a cigarette and smoke a worker, but I'm not sure.
I'm new at this, too.
But I know better than to eat the cheese.
Best. News. Story. Ever.
No one is asking the important questions here - was the TV still on and what was she watching?
And was she a Nielsen family?
That could explain so much.
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