Odd News
Texas police find woman, 45, living with corpse
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-16 10:01
BIG SANDY: A 45-year-old Texas woman has been committed for mental evaluation after authorities say she lived in an apartment for a week with her dead boyfriend's body. The Tyler Morning Telegraph reported Big Sandy police were flagged down by a man Friday who reported a stench coming from his sister's apartment.
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According to police Lt. Van Burr, the woman said Drake "didn't want to leave the apartment."
Burr said Drake died of natural causes and had recently stopped his dialysis treatments. He said Drake had lived for 10 years with the woman, who had been hospitalized for mental illness before. Burr declined to reveal her name.
Big Sandy is about 100 miles east of Dallas.
