Lonely death

“Everything we’ve tried has been in vain”

In the case of unnoticed deaths, the police have to determine whether the cause of death was serious or not.(Bild: Dostal Harald)

Time and again, deaths remain undiscovered for a long time. The sister of someone who died unnoticed talks about the burden. Because when the case became public, strangers blamed her family for her brother's lonely death. The "Krone" knows what can still be done. 

A dead woman who lies unnoticed in the apartment for weeks while life goes on all around her. As reported, this is exactly what happened recently in an apartment building in Linz - unfortunately not an isolated case. This raises the big question: Were there really no relatives, friends, colleagues or acquaintances who would have missed the woman in her mid-forties? And if there were relatives, why wouldn't they help?