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(#15) Man Missing For 23 Years Found Submerged In Lake
In 2015, a fisherman on Hillsdale Lake accidentally unearthed a 1981 Chevrolet Citation. The car belonged to Fremont O'Berg, of Paoloa, Kansas. Family reported 57-year-old O’Berg missing in 1992. Tim Leeper, who found the car using sonar, contacted police when he saw human remains inside the car.
Reportedly, O’Berg suffered from heart and liver conditions. Medical examiners could not determine the cause of death, although foul play is not suspected.
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(#8) Joyce Carol Vincent's Body Lay On A Sofa For Over Two Years
In 2006, while in the process of repossessing a home, London police discovered the body of 38-year-old Joyce Carol Vincent. Medical examiners determined she died over two years prior. According to the police, they found her on her couch. The television set was still on, tuned to BBC1, and a small pile of unopened Christmas presents lay on the floor.
Authorities identified Vincent from her dental records and ruled her death as from natural causes. Her death inspired a 2011 docudrama, Dreams of a Life.
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(#5) Husband's Body Found 18 Years After His Death
Reportedly, John and Leigh Ann Sabine abandoned their five children in New Zealand in 1969. The couple, under false names, quickly moved to Australia. When they returned to New Zealand in 1984 to see their children, the daughters reported them to police. The couple again relocated and settled in South Wales.
Leigh Ann died in 2015 from cancer. Reportedly, no one had seen John since 1997. After Leigh Ann’s death, authorities unearthed his remains from his wife’s garden in Beddau. Someone had wrapped his body in plastic sheets. Detectives determined his injuries were consistent with an assault and ruled the cause of death as blunt force trauma. Welsh authorities considered the deceased Leigh Ann as the primary suspect.
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(#13) Body Of Child Missing For Two Decades Found In Mother's Closet
In 1999, the NYPD arrested Madeyln Carmichael, 60, after they received a tip about a missing 3-year-old Brooklyn girl. Authorities found Carmichael’s daughter, Latanisha, hidden in a closet, inside a footlocker. Reportedly, Carmichael tried to mask the smell with incense and air fresheners. Neighbors alleged Carmichael claimed she sent Latanisha "to live down south."
Investigators uncovered the body wrapped in newspaper from 1979, signifying the girl had been missing for two decades. Carmichael had no previous criminal record, and Brooklyn courts sentenced her - as well as her middle-aged son - for tampering with evidence.
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(#9) Child Found Dead After Two Years in House
In 2013, Bradford police were investigating reports of possible child endangerment when they found the body of 4-year-old Hamzah Khan in his crib. Hamzah died almost two years prior from malnourishment. His mother, Amanda Hutton, stood trial for manslaughter. Investigators determined Hamzah had suffered severe neglect.
Hutton’s surviving five children also showed signs of mistreatment. The Bradford Crown Court found Hutton guilty and sentenced her to 15 years in prison.
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(#18) Man Found Buried In Front Yard
Diane Darling, who died in 2010, never reported her husband, Charles "Chuck" Woodburn, as missing. Woodburn, who was 51 at the time of his death, disappeared in 2002. After Darling’s death, family members came forward to file a missing person report. Maine State Police unearthed Woodburn’s remains from the front yard of the home he shared with Darling.
Although Woodburn died under suspicious circumstances, authorities never charged anyone with his murder.
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There have been reports that a Japanese man's body was discovered several years after his death by his sister who lived with him. At that time, the body was dried up and was almost disposed of along with household garbage. Many people face the threat of death every day, and the way they die is not always the same, including murder, illness, or accident. However, the bodies of some of the dead people have not been discovered for many years, until people had almost forgotten them.
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