Horror find in the USA

Police search for woman – find mummified body

When the police arrived at the house at the end of a cul-de-sac, garbage was piled up to three meters high in the front garden.(Bild: Sender KPIX, Krone KREATIV)

In search of a missing woman suffering from dementia in California, the Union City police gained access to Nadine Parker's house. Instead of the 95-year-old woman, however, the US officers found a man with "mold growing out of one ear" and the mummified body of another man - sitting on the toilet.

According to a report by local TV station KPIX, a cousin from another state had alerted the police. He had tried in vain to reach 95-year-old Parker.

House and property neglected
When the cops arrived at the house at the end of a cul-de-sac, garbage was piled up to three meters high in the front garden. And the inside of the house was also in a terrible state. The entire floor was filthy with garbage, leftover food and all kinds of objects.

Thanks to neighbor Bruce Chen, the police found out that Nadine Parker had been admitted to a nursing home specializing in dementia in Oakland two years earlier.(Bild: Sender KPIX)

Confused man found with "mold in his ear"
Cops found a man aged around 50 in a bedroom. Police spokesman Brandon Hayward: "The man was suffering from mental impairment, was emaciated and had mold growing out of one ear."

"Mummy" probably brother of living son
On the 1st floor, the officers smelled decomposition. They made the gruesome discovery in the bathroom. Hayward: "The body on the toilet bowl had dried out like a mummy due to the heat. According to our preliminary investigations, it is the second son of Nadine Parker, who must have died of natural causes several months ago."

An autopsy is to determine the cause of death and a DNA test the identity of the "mummy".