Man Lives with Dead Brother for 18 Months

[crazidude]

Man Lives with Dead Brother for 18 Months
Thu February 5, 2004 07:39 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A British retiree did not notice his brother had been dead for 18 months despite sharing a mobile home with him.
When Herbert Silver, 72, finally called police and told them his brother George, 75, had died, they went to the bachelors' home expecting to find a body. Instead they found a skeleton, British newspapers reported Thursday.

"I admit that I didn't go into his room for a few hours, a few days...well quite a while actually," Herbert Silver told the Daily Telegraph.

Silver said he had thought it a "bit odd" when his brother failed to emerge from his bedroom in the tiny home they shared in Blissford, southern England, but told the Daily Mirror:

"George liked to keep himself to himself, and to be honest so do I." A postmortem indicated George Silver had been dead for up to 18 months. "

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=4291158

[DeMoN]

this is no joke! damn what happened to the odor? There sure had to be one.

[geekdiggy]

how the fuck?

[altezza]

18 months.... hard to believe this news story

[Sp00ln]

The smell would be more than potent.

[Evo]

I don't belive it..
As SpOOln said the place would smell really badly.. even if the body stayed for couple of days.. Your talking about 18 month's that's a year and 6 months.. No way.. and how won't the brother see that he is not moving.. .. Something is wrong here..

[possessed_beaver]

Originally Posted by DeMoN this is no joke! damn what happened to the odor? There sure had to be one.

old people can't smell.. or hear or walk or DRIVE!!

but seriousley.. i find this story a bit hard to believe!

[ibetipsy]

well if u live in NYC u kinda stop smelling everything. thats just wierd though ud think after 18months youd wonder where ur brother is wouldnt u?

[Sp00ln]

Originally Posted by ibetipsy well if u live in NYC u kinda stop smelling everything. thats just wierd though ud think after 18months youd wonder where ur brother is wouldnt u?

I hope you were being sarcastic with that... have you ever smelt a rotting corps? If smelt a rotting mouse.... I cant even fathom what a rotting HUMAN must smell like.