The body of a schizophrenic woman was discovered in a 'mummified almost skeletal state' in her home after lying dead for almost four years. Laura Winham had chillingly written 'I need help' on her calendar shortly before she passed away but nobody from social services or her supposed support network had checked up on her for years.
The 38-year-old's gas and electric bills were continuing to be paid through housing benefits after she died and the annual gas safety check had been registered, the Mirror reports. Her family requested police break into Laura's flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021 after her brother Roy had peeped through her letterbox and saw what he believed to be a foot.
According to the victim's sister, Nicky Laura had asked the family to leave her to professionals as she told them she could hear voices in her head that told her to harm them.
