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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

Dead man’s corpse left rotting outside house for days after being mistaken for Halloween prop

Queen’s City News

Police in North Carolina are investigating after a man’s decomposing body was left outside an abandoned house for several days, after being mistaken for a Halloween decoration.

The partially-clothed body reportedly went so unnoticed that a local gardener mowed around it, with the sad discovery made a day later. He was found face-down in the grass.

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