Man lived with father's corpse for months at home in The Village, police say

Police found a man's body decomposing inside a home in The Village over the weekend, learning that his son had been living with his corpse for months."We see all kinds of things, and this is one of the most disturbing things that we can see," The Village police Deputy Chief Russ Landon said.According to court documents, family members from out of state attempted to check on the elderly man many times over the last several months. When they talked to the man's son, he allegedly would tell them his father "was sleeping or was not feeling well and did not want to be bothered.""For no one to be told about it for a couple months is pretty strange," Landon said.The man was found dead in his bedroom "in an advanced state of decomposition," court documents stated. The man was "covered with bugs and appeared to no longer have eyes."KOCO 5's Bret Buganski went to the man's home Wednesday but the man refused to answer questions, saying he was advised by an attorney not to do so.Police said the man apparently changed his story about knowing about his father's death. The man hasn't officially been charged with a crime, but police said they're investigating him for not only failing to report his father's death, which is a felony, but also for check forgery.

Police found a man's body decomposing inside a home in The Village over the weekend, learning that his son had been living with his corpse for months.

"We see all kinds of things, and this is one of the most disturbing things that we can see," The Village police Deputy Chief Russ Landon said.


According to court documents, family members from out of state attempted to check on the elderly man many times over the last several months. When they talked to the man's son, he allegedly would tell them his father "was sleeping or was not feeling well and did not want to be bothered."

"For no one to be told about it for a couple months is pretty strange," Landon said.

The man was found dead in his bedroom "in an advanced state of decomposition," court documents stated. The man was "covered with bugs and appeared to no longer have eyes."

KOCO 5's Bret Buganski went to the man's home Wednesday but the man refused to answer questions, saying he was advised by an attorney not to do so.

Police said the man apparently changed his story about knowing about his father's death. The man hasn't officially been charged with a crime, but police said they're investigating him for not only failing to report his father's death, which is a felony, but also for check forgery.