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8 Years After Committing Suicide: Man Found hanging by a bedsheet In His Apartment…
Posted on: November 30, 2013
8 Years After Committing Suicide: Man Found Dead In His Apartment
Posted on Weird News this Oct. 23, 2013 “Man Found Dead In His Apartment 8 Years After Apparent Suicide”
A man who recently purchased an apartment in France experienced quite the shock when he opened the door of his new abode and found the previous tenant’s body inside. (The Realtor never visited the property? And who showed the property before the purchase?)
According to Le Parisien, a man was recently found dead in a Bussy-Saint-Georges flat, 8 years after an apparent suicide.
On Wednesday, police identified the body as Thomas Ngin, a Cambodian man who worked as a security guard before his death in 2005.
Ngin, who would have turned 50 this year, is believed to have hanged himself after he was let go from his job.
Since Ngin had previously cut ties with this family, there was no one to report him missing, Radio France Internationale reports.
His mummified corpse was not discovered until last Friday, when a locksmith and the new owner of the apartment entered the property, according to local reports. Ngin was found hanging by a bed sheet behind the front door.
While it may seem outlandish that Ngin’s corpse was undisturbed for eight years, as France’s The Local notes, there have been several recent reports of bodies being found months or years later.
In Ngin’s case, though bills and letters piled up throughout the years, it appears no one attempted to enter the apartment.
As Le Parisien reports, neighbors knocked on his door and emptied out his mailbox at times but assumed he had left the country.
Receiving no response from the tenant, the resident’s association ultimately decided to sell the property.
But with debts mounting against Ngin, it was instead seized by his bank and sold at auction earlier this month. It wasn’t until days later, when the new owner came to clean out the apartment, that the gruesome discovery was made.
“This is the tragedy of the greater Paris area,” a source familiar with the case told the Agence France-Presse, “that capacity of being isolated in the middle of the crowd.”
Need help? In the U.S., call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Where Kids Sleep around the world?
Pinar posted this Nov. 26, 2013
Portraits of Children Around the World and Where They Sleep
Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Where Children Sleep is an eye-opening project by photographer James Mollison that takes a look at children from all across the globe and the diverse environments they go to sleep in.
The series presents a portrait of each child or adolescent accompanied by a shot of their bedrooms. While some have a bounty of possessions and a lavish bed to rest their head on at night, the images reveal that some are not as fortunate.
Mollison gives an intimate perspective of these children, offering some sense of their lifestyle through their personal bedroom.
At times, it can be difficult to even refer to the space they sleep in as a bedroom as there is no actual bed. In the case of Bilal, a 6-year-old Bedouin shepherd boy, the young boy is left to sleep “outdoors with his father’s herd of goats.”
Alternatively, 4-year-old Kaya in Tokyo is adorned in frilly dresses that her mother spends $1,000 on every month, which is reflected in the abundance of toys and luxury items that fill her room.
The series is currently available as a photo essay and fine art book that offers a variety of lifestyles, as seen through the portraits of children and their bedrooms.
Anonymous, 9, Ivory Coast
Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dong, 9, Yunnan, China
Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil
Alyssa, 8, Harlan County, USA
Li, 10, Beijing, China
Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank
Joey, 11, Kentucky, USA
Kaya, 4, Tokyo, Japan
Jaime, 9, New York, USA
Ryuta 10, Tokyo, Japan
Nantio, 15, Lisamis, Northern Kenya
Kana,16, Tokyo, Japan
Adonis Diaries 