body found in front of TV year after death

[Keefla]

...i double checked the date on this one to be sure it was todays news! seems like we had a thread like this maybe 6 months ago. How can this happen tho? At my shop we have an older tech, he should be retired but he doesnt want to just stay home (ya know what, ill probably be the same way) and he;s a genious at electrical probems, so he faithfully comes to work everyday. He doesnt have a phone so if he;s out for more than a day ill personally go to check on him( and usually meet someone else from the shop there doing the same)...so how does someone go unnoticed for a year! Thats too sad.



HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. - The partially mummified body of a man dead for more than a year has been found in a chair in front of his television, which was still on, authorities said.

Vincenzo Ricardo, 70, apparently died of natural causes, said Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County’s deputy chief medical examiner.

Police found Ricardo’s body this week when they investigated a report of burst pipes.
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The home’s dry air had preserved his features, morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus said.

“You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Bacchus said.

Ricardo’s wife died years ago, and he lived alone, Dawson said.

“He hasn’t been heard from in over a year. That’s the part that baffles me,” he said. “Nobody sounded the alarm.”

Neighbors said they had thought Ricardo was in a hospital or nursing home.

“We never thought to check on him,” said neighbor Diane Devon.
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