A 61-year-old South African woman lay dead in her London flat for more than two-and-half years before police discovered her decomposed skeletal remains.
According to a report by the Daily Mail UK, the woman identified as Sheila Seleoane died in 2019 but was only found in 2022.
Police made the gruesome discovery in February 2022. Sheila was found propped on the sofa and apparently flanked by deflated party balloons (the presence of which is yet another mystery).
The report furthermore stated that neighbours have been complaining of a smell coming from Sheila’s flat for the past two years but nothing was done.
Police confirmed that Sheila died of natural causes, and they are not treating her death as suspicious.
Sheila’s only family in the UK was an estranged brother who is a convicted murderer. Her remains were sent to relatives who have never met her in South Africa.
Just two mourners attended the first, on April 19 at Croydon Crematorium, a few miles from where she was found: her brother Victor, a convicted murderer from whom she was estranged, and a representative of Peabody.
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