a death by neglect...

Mummified body found in front of blaring TV

It was bad enough that this 70 year man died alone in his house and that no one noticed he hadn't paid his

• electric bill
• gas bill
• water bill
• phone bill
• income tax
• property tax
• medical bills
• hadn't contacted his MDs
• hadn't paid is medical bills
• and had mail piling up

He was also a blind diabetic and his neighbors knew this!

At first, I was outraged and thought poorly of the neighbors. Then, I realized I don't know my neighbors. Oh, I know the neighbors to the west but not the other neighbors. If I were retired and a widower, I could easily die and not be missed for quite a while! Oh, I'd like to think my brothers would check up on me but this is via email (usually) and my email connection is automatically paid by credit card. I suppose the credit card company might notice non payment after a couple of months and cut off my card, thus leading to the internet provider calling me?

The real horror of this story is the isolation of this old man. He was blind; how could he go shopping and take care of his house? How could he buy new clothing and shoes? What happened to his "Medical Support Team" and why didn't they check up on him? Didn't the shopping clerks notice that the "old blind man" hasn't been coming around for a while?

Now, in Dodge City Kansas, the Dillion's clerks would notice! The WalMart clerks would probably be glad the old blind man had stopped bothering them! (I'm probably being unfair to the WalMart employees; I'm still pissed off that I got sick after eatting some Peter Pan Peanut butter, serial number starting with "2111", which I bought at the Wichita Kansas Sam's Club!)

How could so many groups interested in getting his money just ignore him?

How could he be so isolated as to die and his body be mummified? Well, this did happen in Hampton Bays, New York and those folks have probably got the East Coast fuck-um-he's-not-family-and-I-don't-have-to-care! attitude. (I've been told this is a healthy attitude for high density population areas and that I'm naive to think otherwise...)