Croatian lady watching tv for 42 years

[White Israelite]

Hedviga Golik made herself a cup of tea and sat down to watch some television in her hometown of Zagreb, Croatia. Sadly, she died in her chair. This was in 1966. She was just found, 42 years later, in her time capsule mausoleum where she's been sitting ever since. She never finished her tea.

What's absurd is that she was in fact reported missing, but somehow no one ever checked her apartment, which leads me to believe no one checked anywhere. I mean, where else do you look for someone when they're missing? I don't understand it. Her neighbors apparently just assumed she moved out of her apartment, and she was finally found when the police broke in to figure out who owned the place.

A police spokesman said: "When officers went there, they said it was like stepping into a place frozen in time. The cup she had been drinking tea from was still on a table next to the chair she had been sitting in and the house was full of things no one had seen for decades. Nothing had been disturbed for decades, even though there were more than a few cobwebs in there."


That is insane 42 years Woah!

[mord]

Wow

[Masha]

She was just found, 42 years later, in her time capsule mausoleum where she's been sitting ever since. She never finished her tea.

I find it difficult to believe the tea detail. The tea surely must have evaporated after 42 years. How did they know she never finished it?

[Masha]

P.S. This makes me think of that Dickens character from Great Expectations. Was her name Miss Havesham or something?

[Americanhero1]

Did they do an autopsy to see what she died from ?

[Dr. Dan]

please attach a link

and i share masha's skepticism.  After 42 years without the upkeep of a home, everything would fall apart and the lawn would have tall grass and driveway with lots of cracks.

[Americanhero1]

please attach a link

and i share masha's skepticism.  After 42 years without the upkeep of a home, everything would fall apart and the lawn would have tall grass and driveway with lots of cracks.

She lived in an apartment
Plus wouldn't people smell her

[White Israelite]

http://gizmodo.com/5017621/woman-who-died-while-watching-tv-sat-unfound-for-42-years

[Dr. Dan]

i would think there would have been an eviction notice if this was an apt for rent..

This story does not add up....

[Americanhero1]

i would think there would have been an eviction notice if this was an apt for rent..

This story does not add up....

Maybe she owned the apartment and rented out some of the rooms?