Woman, 85, lay dead in her flat for five years before anyone noticed she was missing. By Steven Henry Updated: 17:05 GMT, 3 July 2009 Forgotten: Isabella Purves' body lay undiscovered for five years The badly decomposed remains of an 89-year-old woman were discovered in her flat five years after she died, police revealed today. Isabella Purves' body was only found after a downstairs neighbour noticed water dripping through the ceiling of her tenement flat and reported it to the local council. Officers forced their way into her flat, fighting through the piles of unopened mail which had gathered behind her front door, before making the gruesome discovery. It is thought nobody noticed Miss Purves was missing as her pension was paid directly into a bank account and bills were paid by direct debit.
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