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 Kids next door told him not to be surprised if he found a dead
body because they never saw the owner leave.
Still, Wilson said it came as a shock to discover a nearly mummified
body lying on the floor of the master bedroom next to the bed.
"It wasn't expected, that's for sure," Wilson told Reuters.
Cape Coral police wrapped yellow crime scene tape around the
weathered pink house's overgrown yard. Sergeant Dana Coston said
there are no obvious signs of foul play but an investigation is
pending.
Wilson said he bought the house for $96,000 after it went to auction
because of the owner's failure to pay property taxes for three
years. Old droppings from a pet bird suggest it drank out of the
toilet before the water supply was turned off, Wilson said, but he
did not find any sign of the bird.
 He said it appeared the owner had been in the process of packing her
belongings.
Wilson said he has learned that two elderly sisters from Venezuela
who spoke little English lived in the home and that one died in
2005.
He said the neighborhood kids told him police had been called twice
to check on the owner but never did. Coston said police had no
record of a call for a well-being check on the woman.
Wilson said he bought the house for his sister-in-law and her
family, who moved recently from Cuba.
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"She doesn't want it now. She's ... kind of superstitious," he said.
Wilson said he will clean up the house and try to resell it.
"The sad thing was she was there for three years and no family ever
showed up to ask what happened," Wilson said.
(Editing by Fiona Ortiz and Sandra Maler)
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