Australia - Shane Snellman, mummified Body Found In Deceased Hoarders House, Greenwich, 29 May 2018

[sosocurious]

No missing persons report was lodged with authorities, New South Wales Police said on Tuesday.
About 15 years ago Mr Snellman searched jails for his son after he went missing but was unable to find him.
His sister visited him about 10 years ago in jail.
Mr Snellman, would who have been 55 had he lived, is believed to have suffered a fatal gunshot wound about six years ago.

Identification of mummified body ends ten year mystery for grieving family of Shane Snellman | Daily Mail Online

 

[Jennifer17]

No missing persons report was lodged with authorities, New South Wales Police said on Tuesday.
About 15 years ago Mr Snellman searched jails for his son after he went missing but was unable to find him.
His sister visited him about 10 years ago in jail.
Mr Snellman, would who have been 55 had he lived, is believed to have suffered a fatal gunshot wound about six years ago.

Identification of mummified body ends ten year mystery for grieving family of Shane Snellman | Daily Mail Online

I don't think we will ever find out why he was there and how he ended up killed.

 

[Morrisa]

They seem to think it happened in 2012

Pictured: Man whose mummified body was found rolled in carpet

 

[Bohemian]

They seem to think it happened in 2012

Pictured: Man whose mummified body was found rolled in carpet

Such a sad story. Vale Shane. Prayers of strength and comfort for his loved ones in their time of grief x

 

[sosocurious]

Mr Snellman's estranged nephew Anthony Trudgitt, who spoke to the ABC on Wednesday, said he last saw his uncle at a family gathering at Arncliffe, in Sydney's south, six years ago.
"We were at my Nan's house, who's my great aunt, and Shane was there," he said...............

With a history of petty crime, police are now investigating whether Mr Snellman was shot and killed during a break and enter at the Greendale Street address.
Neighbour Edna Scott said she noticed Bruce Roberts had became increasingly paranoid about security up until his death last July.
"He was always putting up extra barbed wire," she said. "I thought it was to help maintain his garden, but he was such a recluse and a hoarder, that I often wondered what was going on."
Bruce Roberts remains a suspect in the ongoing murder investigation, after severe injuries were found on Mr Snellman's badly decomposed body.............

The ABC understands that Mr Roberts left part of his will to a cousin, who lives on a property in far central western New South Wales, and the majority was donated to a number of charities.


Man found dead under rubbish in hoarder's home remembered as a 'good man'

 

[Liora Bentley]

I’m sorry to hear about your Great Uncle, cb. There are quite a few older reclusive people who lived on Sydney’s Lower North Shore who have been found deceased in their residences after a period of time.

There was the case of Natalie Wood, who was found in her house in Surry Hills an estimated 8 years after she died. The coroner's report makes disturbing reading - she had basically cut off contact with her relatives and the house, which she had lived in since birth, had partially collapsed, and had no workable kitchen or bathroom. A detail that struck me was that her electricity usage was roughly equivalent to running a low watt lightbulb for a few hours a day. I wondered how she managed for food and washing and warmth?

http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/wood findings.pdf

 

[Bohemian]

There was the case of Natalie Wood, who was found in her house in Surry Hills an estimated 8 years after she died. The coroner's report makes disturbing reading - she had basically cut off contact with her relatives and the house, which she had lived in since birth, had partially collapsed, and had no workable kitchen or bathroom. A detail that struck me was that her electricity usage was roughly equivalent to running a low watt lightbulb for a few hours a day. I wondered how she managed for food and washing and warmth?

http://www.coroners.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/wood findings.pdf

Yes, I remember now. Thank you for the link, LB.

 

[Morrisa]

First look inside hoarder home where body found

For sale

 

[carbuff]

Well. Now I see why the body wasn't noticed for a long time.

 

[Kankan]

It was a full house for sure. That must have been a huge undertaking. I can’t believe houses go for that much. Location location location.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

Chilling twist in a case that shocked Australia: Mummified body found in a hoarder's home 'belonged to a cat burglar who was executed on the spot after being caught in the act'

A mummified body found in a hoarder's home was found to have been shot, with investigators probing the possibility the victim was a cat burglar who was executed on the spot after being caught in the act.

The body, which was identified to be a man named Shane Snellman, had been shot in the shoulder with a rifle, according to Yahoo 7 News

The theory is the property's reclusive owner, Bruce Roberts, who died of a heart attack last year, shot the burglar when he entered his home.

Mummified body found in hoarder's home 'belonged to a cat burglar' | Daily Mail Online

 

[wrestlingpigs]

Lots of info here

Horrifying discovery in messy home