Police found the body of a 72-year-old woman in her southwest suburban Worth home Tuesday, where police found trash piled to the ceiling and spilling out into the yard.

Police believe Margareta Scheibe had been dead for some time based on the advanced state of decomposition, Fox Chicago reports. The condition of the home was so extreme that first responders wore hazardous materials masks while in the home.

Reports indicate it took police several days to locate Scheibe in the debris, after a friend called officers to the home Saturday expressing concern that she hadn't seen Scheibe in a month, according to NBC Chicago. She reportedly shared the home with her 42-year-old son.

Many areas of the bi-level home on the 10800 block of Oak Park Avenue remain inaccessible, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neighbors say the home has been in disrepair for some time, and one referred to it as the "stinky house."

"[Margareta] would never let anybody inside the house for any reason," one neighbor told the Tribune.

Scheibe's son has been taken into custody, but police have yet to release any further information relating to her cause of death, Fox reports. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

