Mummified Body In Home 2 1/2 Years The mummified body of a woman who didn't want to be buried was found in a chair in front of her television set 2 1/2 years after her death, authorities said. Johannas Pope had told her live-in caregiver that she didn't want to be buried and planned on returning after she died, Hamilton County Coroner O'Dell Owens said Monday. Pope died in August 2003 at age 61. Her body was found last week in the upstairs of her home on a quiet street. Some family members continued to live downstairs, authorities said. No one answered the doorbell at Pope's home Monday afternoon.
It does sound like a fairly good way to save on funeral costs... Initial reports said that the air-conditioner was left on year round to help in the mummification process. (check out the air conditioner in the upstairs window)
