[daer0n]

THE remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing.
Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, had apparently made herself a cup of tea before sitting in her favourite armchair in front of her black and white television.
Croatian police said she was last seen by neighbours in 1966, when she would have been 42 years old.
Her neighbours thought she had moved out of her flat in the capital, Zagreb.
But she was found by police and bailiffs who had broken in to help the authorities establish who owned the flat.
A police spokesman said: "So far, we have no idea how it is possible that someone officially reported missing so long ago was not found before in the same apartment she used to live in.
"When officers went there, they said it was like stepping into a place frozen in time.
"The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in and the house was full of things no one had seen for decades. Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there."
Neighbours were shocked by the discovery.
Jadranka Markic was nine when Hedviga "vanished".
She said: "I still remember her. She was a quiet woman who kept herself to herself but was polite. We all thought that she had just moved out and gone to live with relatives."

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[Aprill]

And that is why I make an effort to check on every elderly person I know, even though she was not elderly at the time

[katana]

That is so sad. It is amazing something like that could happen though. I don't understand how no one entered the house in all this time....

[beaglette]

I don't understand how they didn't smell her.

I found one of my residents in my building about 3 days after he committed suicide (with pills) and it stunk sooooooooooooooooo badly. It smells so bad-- something like you've never smelled before. I had the entire hall that he lived on and the hall on the opposite side of the foyer, along with the foyer totally fumigated with ozone.

I don't know what to think about that story! Ick is one thing. Ha.

Warmly,

Brandi

[prettylynn]

That is just soo sad that nobody even noticed. I dont understand how she was reported missing yet nobody checked her house.

[debbiedeb77]

bizarre!!

[KatJ]

Wait, she was reported missing, but no one checked her house? Maybe I'm being dumb, but I don't understand the logic behind that.

[Darla_G]

Originally Posted by KatJ

Wait, she was reported missing, but no one checked her house? Maybe I'm being dumb, but I don't understand the logic behind that.

makes no sense at all

[chocobon]

OMG this is so sad!

[dixiewolf]

Wtf. Thats like me dying sitting in front of this computer and then having me claimed as a missing person, and everyone said they thought I just moved out and they didnt check in the house . She must not have had any family, just some weird neighbors

[Bec688]

That is terrible. How could they NOT check her house first? Seriously.

[pinksugar]

how sad and awful. I would hope that if my grandma passed away that someone would notice.. or in fact anyone - everyone should be mourned by someone

[Faith-Abigail]

That's really sad.

[empericalbeauty]

Thats retarded. What, no one smelt the stench? How can an apartment stay locked up for 42 years? I dont get it. Nothing about this story is plausible or believable.

[-Chelsey-]

That is really strange especially since it was an apartment..dont land lords check on these types of things? Very strange..