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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Wife finds husband’s mummified remains in closet of their home eight months after reporting him missing

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An Illinois woman found her missing husband in the closet of their home after he had been missing for almost eight months.

Jennifer Maedge reported her husband Richard Maedge missing on 27 April last year. Police searched the home in Troy, Illinois, and investigated his disappearance but he wasn’t found until 11 December when Ms Maedge found his remains in a closet in the home as she went to get some Christmas decorations.

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