Random Modern People Who Turned Into Mummies Before They Were Found (14 items)

(#13) A British Gas Worker Found A Mummified Woman

A gas company employee in Southampton, England, went to the house of a woman who hadn't paid her bills in four months, only to find her mummified corpse.
(#14) A Mongolian Mummy Wearing Adidas?

In 2016, archeologists in Mongolia unearthed a 1,500 year old Turkik mummy, the remains of a Mongol woman buried with a number of items, including a fully grown horse. But what truly stood out was the straps of her shoes - they looked exactly like the distinctive stripes on the Adidas brand.
Obviously, a 1,500-year-old woman wasn't wearing 20th century shoes, so this is most likely a case of confirmation bias. Subsequent research has confirmed that this is not, in fact, a case of time travel, but is instead simply a case of coincidental “very modern” styling on the leather boots.
(#11) The Woman Who Drove Around With A Mummy In Her Car

A Costa Mesa, CA, woman drove for months with a mummified body in her passenger seat before the corpse was discovered by police. After finding the car parked in a high-end neighborhood, police found the former real estate agent, who wasn't identified, in the driver's seat, along with the mummy. The corpse was determined to be a transient named Signe Margit, a woman who had two master's degrees and had founded a non-profit before vanishing.

The driver, who was using her sick father's car, told police she was afraid she'd be blamed for the woman's death, so she simply piled clothes on it and waited for it to mummify.
(#8) A Woman Found Mummified In A Detroit Garage

Detroit resident Pia Farrenkopf had all of her bills set to autopay, had no family near her, traveled constantly, tended to go in and out of contact, and had recently left her job. So when she died in her car, parked in her garage, nobody noticed. It wasn't until her checking account ran out of money that authorities came by - to put the house into foreclosure.

Her mummified corpse was found in the backseat of her Jeep in 2014, with no signs of either suicide or foul play. It's believed she died some time in 2009.
(#12) A Man Killed A New Orleans Woman And Put Her Mummified Corpse In His Trunk

The mummified remains of 39-year-old Polly Pastori were found stuffed into a trunk in a house near the French Quarter - leading to her ex-boyfriend being put on trial. Pastori's corpse was found three years after she disappeared, and her ex had apparently been carting the body around from apartment to apartment.

While the body was found in 2005, Hurricane Katrina delayed the investigation and trial for years.
(#9) A Carved Up Mummy Man Was Found Beside A Road In Spain

A Spanish truck driver stopped along the side of a rural road and found a mummified body that was missing an arm and part of its torso.

Spanish police said the man, who was never identified, had been dead about two months.