Marcel H, 79 is thought to have died of an Asthma attack in November last year but his beloved wife, 69, was so devastated by his death she failed to report it.
The wife continued to sleep next to her dead husband in their bed until his grisly remains were discovered. Neighbours failed to spot the smell of the decomposing body and the authorities in Belgium only became suspicious after the landlord claimed the couple had not paid their rent since 2012.
When they entered the apartment in Brussels they found the mummified remains.
Philippe Boxho, pathologist at the Forensic Center of Liege said: “A body can mummify in a dry, warm environment.
“It takes at least a week to reach such a state. In this case the body had rotten in the bed his internal organs had melted and liquefied.”
The best part of this story? The pathologist remarked, “This is not the first time I have made a discovery of this kind, I’ve been faced with two or three other occassions where people have continued to sleep with the corpse of their partner.”
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Via Daily News.
How sweet… in a really gruesome sort of way. Yick!
I am glad I am not the only one who thought it was kind of sweet, in an odd kind of way.
Not recommending it, though, unless one was severely olfactorily challenged…