Brother called police days later after finding the man unresponsive
A man in his 20s was found dead at his home in Seoul several days after his death, after family members living with him failed to recognize that he had died, police said Monday.
The Jungnang Police Station said the man was found at a home in Jungnang-gu on Aug. 6 after his younger brother reported that he was not moving.
The man had lived with his mother and younger brother. All three family members had severe intellectual disabilities, and police believe the mother and brother were unable to recognize that he had died.
Police found that the body had already begun to decompose and believe he had died two to three days earlier.
An autopsy by the National Forensic Service determined the cause of death to be sudden cardiac death.
Investigators found no evidence of foul play and have concluded that the death was not crime-related.
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