South African woman passes away in a flat and is only found three years later
Here is the latest on the woman who passed in her apartment and was only found years later:
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In recent reports, a woman named Sheila Seleoane has been frequenting the news with her tear-jerker of a story.
This 61-year-old South African woman had a lonely death in her UK apartment, but what makes her passing different is that she was only found three years later.
Her body was found in 2022, despite having died in 2019.
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Numerous complaints from neighbours had been filed over the years about a putrid smell.
The Peabody Trust, which administers and oversees the apartments, did nothing about the 50 complaints. Neighbours further complained of their homes becoming infested with maggots and flies.
Sheila Seleoane is believed to have died in 2019, but her body was found in 2022
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Her only family in the UK was an estranged brother who is a convicted murderer
Her remains were sent to relatives who have never met her in South Africa pic.twitter.com/6y0h2PKb3w
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When London police finally broke into this apartment, they found Seleoane’s remains on a sofa.
So who attended the funeral of the woman who died in her apartment and was only found three years later?
Seleoane never married and had no children, however, her estranged brother, who is imprisoned in the UK, and a representative from The Peabody Trust attended her funeral.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, a relative of Seleoane asked how no one knew the woman had died.
Here, when your neighbour isn’t seen, even for one or two days, you go to check up on them. We live as a community. This is too much. Awful. I don’t understand how anyone could pass away and be left for so long.
The case of Sheila Seleoane, who lay dead in her London flat for two-and-a-half years, bears striking similarities to that of Joyce Vincent, who died in 2003. She was found three years later and inspired the documentary film, 'Dreams of a Life' (2011).
Our deepest condolences go out to Sheila's family.
We hope that her story can serve as a warning to check up on loved ones and neighbours.
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