Man’s body hanging for eight years a in flat

Man’s body hanging for eight years a in
flat
on october 23, 2013 at 7:31 pm in news
PARIS (AFP) – The new owner of an apartment near
Paris made a shocking discovery last week when
he took possession: the mummified body of the
previous owner which had been hanging for eight
years.
The body was found in the apartment in the Paris
suburb of Bussy-Saint-Georges on Friday, after the
flat was sold at auction following its repossession
by the bank, police and judicial sources said.
The previous owner, a former security guard of
Cambodian origin, appears to have committed
suicide by hanging himself with a sheet.
The man, aged around 40 when he died, had not
been heard from since 2005 when he filed a labour
complaint against his firing.
He had cut ties with his family years before and
neighbours believed he had returned to Cambodia.
His apartment was eventually sold after he failed to
make mortgage payments and to cover building
charges.
A police source said the new owner discovered the
body when he arrived to inspect the apartment and
entered with the aid of a locksmith.
“The body was in perfect condition, as was the
apartment,” the source said.
Investigators were unable to explain why the body
had not decomposed.
Neighbours said they had no inkling of what lay
inside the flat.
“I thought it was an abandoned apartment,” said
Camille, who lives in one of the four-storey
building’s 20-odd apartments.
“Bussy is a commuter suburb, people don’t see
each other much,” she said.