It was neighbors, alerted by a foul odor emanating from the house, who notified the police.
Last Thursday evening, the police showed up at the home of a 65-year-old man in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries. They were called by neighbors, alerted by a foul odor emanating from the house in which he lives with his 90 year old mother.
Covered with bags of lime
When they arrived, the man explained that his mother is sleeping. The investigators insist on seeing the old lady. They enter the accommodation and, in the bedroom, discover the mummified body of the retiree, lying in bedcovered with bags of lime, report El Dia and the local police on X (formerly Twitter).
Anoche agents @PoliciaLocalSC I met the corpse of a 90-year-old woman inside her living room with her 65-year-old. The woman could take more than 5 months to fall and fall on her bed. #ElTablero
— Police Local SC Tenerife (@PoliciaLocalSC) https://twitter.com/PoliciaLocalSC/status/1786324372992528606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Questioned by the police, he indicated that his mother was died five months ago, without giving any further explanation. An investigation was opened to determine the causes of death. According to the forensic doctor, no traces of external violence were observed. The son was taken to the psychiatric hospital in Tenerife.
