House-Hunting Horror: Body Found During Open House
An estate agent is recovering from shock after he showed a group of househunters around a house — and found a dead body inside a closet.
The prospective buyers were browsing around the four-bedroom home during an open viewing while the owner's corpse was hanging in the master bedroom.
And discovering the body, they fled, with the shocked agent immediately locking the doors of the property in Quorn, Leicestershire, behind him and dialling for help.
The 48-year-old owner had put the detached house on the market for $670,292 after his elderly mother died.
He reportedly told neighbors he was devastated by her death and the house held too many memories.
Gary Hartley, who owns agents Hartley Estates, praised his colleague for the way he handled the situation.
He told Sky News Online: "One of my colleagues was conducting a tour of the property and unfortunately the body was found in a bedroom.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious, adding that an inquest will be held at a later date and warning people not to include dead bodies in closets just to attract attention to the property.
"There's lots better ways to drum up some action on a house for sale," Chief Constable Kent Kethcum told reporters, "and we're quite certain that the real estate blokes can come up with better ideas for a memorable open house tour without stooping to hanging poor dead old mum up for all to see."
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