Woman found mummified after lying dead for 14 years in holiday hotspot
The mummified body of a woman who d!ed 14 years ago has been found in a Costa del Sol flat.
The shocking discovery was made by a squatter who forced the lock on the property to access it with his 11-year-old daughter.
According to Mail Online, the pair fled the apartment in Malaga on Monday afternoon when they came across the body after alerting neighbours.
Police sources said skeletonization, which is the final stage of decomposition when a corpse’s soft tissues have decayed or dried to the point that the skeleton is exposed, had set in.
Initial tests by forensic experts have dated the time of death to around 14 years ago.
Investigators say they suspect the dead woman is a Spanish lady who would have been around 85 years old when she passed away shortly after losing her husband, although she has yet to be fully identified.
The police are now searching for the woman’s relatives to identify her and establish how she may have died.
The apartment block where her body was found has a high rotation of residents.
Police sources say the fact the windows of the flat the body was found in were open would have helped reduce the telltale smell of a rotting corpse.
The police are now searching for the woman’s relatives to identify her and establish how she may have died
