An 82-year-old man died after being stuck inside a Denver elevator for nearly a month.

The decomposed remains of Isaak Komisarchik were discovered inside a parking garage lift by elevator repair workers on Aug. 2 after nearby residents complained about the awful stench, according to the Denver Post.

Komisarchik had entered the elevator July 5 and it became stuck.

Despite pushing the emergency button twice, the elderly man was left to die in the elevator, the paper said.

The parking garage the elevator was located in had been under renovation.

Komisarchik had not been seen since he left a nearby nursing facility on the afternoon of July 5.

Investigators were trying to determine why the emergency button did not work.