A woman was so devastated by her husband’s death she reportedly lived with his body for weeks.
Police were called to a home in the Mandurah suburb of Greenfields in the southwest of Western Australia on Wednesday, December 13 at about 9 a.m. Mandurah is on the opposite side of Australia from Sydney, which is on the country’s east coast.
A spokeswoman confirmed police found a deceased 56-year-old man in the home but his death was not being treated as suspicious. However, police believe that a recent heat wave may have sped up the decomposition process.
The Mandurah Mail is reporting the man’s 58-year-old wife hadn’t accepted his death. She may have lived with his body for up to eight weeks before telling neighbors.
Police are preparing a report for the coroner.