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Joyce Carol Vincent: How could this young woman lie dead and undiscovered for almost three years?

From The Guardian:

On 25 January 2006, officials from a north London housing association repossessing a bedsit in Wood Green owing to rent arrears made a grim discovery. Lying on the sofa was the skeleton of a 38-year-old woman who had been dead for almost three years. In a corner of the room the television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor. Washing up was heaped in the kitchen sink and a mountain of post lay behind the front door. Food in the refrigerator was marked with 2003 expiry dates.

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    Article is well worth reading, such a fascinating story, I do actually remember hearing about her at the time when the...
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    How fascinating and tragic. Sidenote: oh, the English and their casual racism…
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