--- description: Neighbors say she might have been there for years title: Reports that woman's mummified body was found in foreclosed home image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mummified Body Discovered in Foreclosed Detroit Home by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 1:38 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 1:38 PM CUT A Detroit contractor was going through a foreclosed home on Wednesday only to [find](http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/03/06/apparent-mummified-body-found-in-foreclosed-home/ "undefined") its owner’s reportedly mummified body in the back of her car, parked in the garage. Neighbors told the local CBS affiliate it had been years since they had seen their 40-something neighbor—some said three and others as many as six years since last sighting—but they hadn’t thought about it since she traveled frequently and might have moved. Police are investigating the cause of her death, although remains frozen to the vehicle have complicated the autopsy process. \[[_CBS_](http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/03/06/apparent-mummified-body-found-in-foreclosed-home/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13936/mummified-body-discovered-in-foreclosed-detroit-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13936/mummified-body-discovered-in-foreclosed-detroit-home/"},"headline":"Mummified Body Discovered in Foreclosed Detroit Home","datePublished":"2014-03-06T13:38:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:37:01.725Z","description":"Neighbors say she might have been there for years","url":"https://time.com/13936/mummified-body-discovered-in-foreclosed-detroit-home/","keywords":["Death","Detroit"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13936/mummified-body-discovered-in-foreclosed-detroit-home/","name":"Mummified Body Discovered in Foreclosed Detroit Home"}}]}] ```