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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:48 PM Mar 2014

Mummified Woman in Detroit Suburb Likely Dead 6 Years

The discovery of the mummified body believed to be a suburban Detroit woman who had not been seen for six years has left neighbors and her family questioning what happened.

While the Oakland County, Mich., police have not officially identified the woman, ABC News affiliate WXYZ-TV in Detroit identified the home’s owner as Pia Farrenkopf. It is believed to be her body that was found in the home’s garage this week.

The woman’s body was found Wednesday by a contractor who was working on the property after it had been foreclosed on. The body was found in a the backseat of a car in the garage and the car key was turned in the off position in the ignition.

On Thursday, the county medical examiner performed an autopsy but found no trauma.

“She’s been dead years,” Administrator for the Medical Examiner’s Office Robert Gerds told The Associated Press. “Everything is pending right now. It’s still under investigation.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/mummified-woman-in-detroit-suburb-likely-dead-6-years/

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Mummified Woman in Detroit Suburb Likely Dead 6 Years (Original Post) ashling Mar 2014 OP
I was hoping for a photo. trof Mar 2014 #1
!!!!! kentauros Mar 2014 #2
Psycho! MUMMY! trof Mar 2014 #4
You got it! ashling Mar 2014 #3
Suicide or murder? HipChick Mar 2014 #5
Hip Chick... AnneD Mar 2014 #8
I may be a wee bit judgemental here, but... From The Ashes Mar 2014 #6
Just a weeeeeee bit ashling Mar 2014 #7
There is no community anymore...I barely know my neighbors last names.. HipChick Mar 2014 #9
Yep. That's the way it is here. Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #10
No kids and I work remotely HipChick Mar 2014 #11
When I was a kid, I saw the inside of nearly every house in my neighborhood, Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #14
her sisters say when she wasn't answering the phone, they had the local police do a check magical thyme Mar 2014 #13
Shades of the Kathyn Norris case... Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #15
Usually there would be such a strong oder that would be noticed even under those patricia92243 Mar 2014 #12

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
8. Hip Chick...
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 01:36 PM
Mar 2014

is that a picture of her on your sig line. She looks well preserved but maay have experienced some discomfort before she died.

From The Ashes

(2,629 posts)
6. I may be a wee bit judgemental here, but...
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 01:24 PM
Mar 2014

How could her sister go SIX YEARS without checking on her? Her neighbors? SMDH...

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
9. There is no community anymore...I barely know my neighbors last names..
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 01:59 PM
Mar 2014

and that's only because every now and again, I get their mail...

Baitball Blogger

(46,709 posts)
10. Yep. That's the way it is here.
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 08:46 PM
Mar 2014

Children are the key to break barriers. If you have them they force you to socialize, and that's not always a good thing.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
14. When I was a kid, I saw the inside of nearly every house in my neighborhood,
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 10:22 AM
Mar 2014

about 12 houses in all (not counting my own), at one time or another.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
13. her sisters say when she wasn't answering the phone, they had the local police do a check
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 10:10 AM
Mar 2014

and the police told them everything was ok.

Of course, they could just be saving face.

Families do break apart. I don't have anything to do with any of mine because I simply won't tolerate gratuitous abuse anymore. I could have died long ago, and none of them would have even noticed.

On the other hand, my neighbors across the street would notice because they want to buy my house at bankruptcy price, so have been trying to force me into bankruptcy or drive me out. They couldn't report me dead fast enough...if they thought they could get away with it, they'd probably murder me. They have attempted to drive my horses into the busy road and lured my dogs into the road with a strategically placed moose liver. I had to post my property to keep them off it when I'm not home.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
15. Shades of the Kathyn Norris case...
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 10:38 AM
Mar 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1881390

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/a-brevard-woman-disappeared-but-never-left-home/1181888

And there were *multiple* people in her home for a multitude of reasons, but still none of them saw her...

Very sad -- She seemingly had a good life until things went downhill very, very quickly...

patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
12. Usually there would be such a strong oder that would be noticed even under those
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 09:59 AM
Mar 2014

circumstances. The bank foreclosed without even making an effort to see if anybody was there? Wow.

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