Mummified Woman Found With Living Sister
POSTED: Thursday, April 24, 2008
UPDATED: 12:59 pm EDT April 24,
2008
DETROIT -- An elderly woman lived for a year with her mummified sister in a home on Detroit’s east side, police said.Authorities made the discovery Wednesday after neighbors expressed worries over not seeing the sisters in some time.Investigators found the dead woman sitting in a chair inside the house on Buffalo Street near Seven Mile and Mound roads, police said.Police said the dead woman had been there for at least a year and that her corpse had mummified.The surviving sister may have mental problems, police said, and she is receiving treatment while the investigation continues.
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