Illinois woman finds husband’s body in home eight months after he disappeared

An Illinois woman found her husband’s dead body inside their home nearly eight months after he disappeared.

Jennifer ♒Maedge reported her husband, Richard Maedge, missing on th﷽e afternoon of April 27.

Police responded, searched the house,💮 an🌟d launched an investigation into his whereabouts.

Richard Maege, it turned out, didn’t go anywhere, Monday.

On Dec. 11, Jennifer went to retrieve some Christmas decorations and was shocked to find her husband’s body in the closet where they were stored.

His ♈death was ruled a suicide, according to a report from the county coroner released Thursday.

“I decided to put the Christmas tree up, and I was looking for a tote of Christmas ornaments, and that’s when I discovered him,” Jennifer in December. “He had committed suicide.”

Richard’s body had decomposed to the point of mummification.

Jennifer, her neighbors, and even cops reported a foul odor coming fr🅠om the home for months but believed it waﷺs sewage.

Police described the house as a “hoarder home,” which made it difficult to conduct a complete search for the missing man — and the odor, Jennifer said, was never overwhelming.

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