25 Oct, 2019 @ 12:57
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Mummified body of pensioner found in bathroom in Spain 15 YEARS after her death

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THE mummified body of a pensioner has been found in a home in Spain.

The grisly find was made by Policia Nacional on Tuesday after a family member of a 78-year-old woman reported her as missing.

But according to Spanish press, neighbours in the Madrid district of Ciudad Lineal had been asking police to check up on the woman for years after not seeing her alive since 2004.

Police attempted to enter the home on Tuesday, alongside the woman’s relatives, but had to call for the fire brigade as it was heavily locked from the inside.

After gaining entry to the property, in calle Jose del Hierro, investigators found the woman’s body in a mummified state in the bathroom.

According to El Mundo, doctors believe she died between 14 and 16 years ago.

She is believed to have died from natural causes.

The room in which she died was incredibly humid and had a ventilation unit.

Such conditions meant the body did not decompose as it created the perfect atmosphere for mummification.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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