April 2009

The body of an elderly woman could have lain undiscovered for more than a year in her Fakenham home before it was found by police…One neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said she had only spoken to the woman twice in 12 years. “I am just so shocked,” she said. “Logically I can see how I did not know but there is still a sense that somehow I should have noticed something.

“What did I miss? What signs were there? If it was someone you see every day you would miss them and go to check, but there was nothing to suggest she ever lived there. There were no noises, no car, no shopping trips…she made it so clear she did not want conversation, and you just have to respect people’s wishes, don’t you?”

Read full Body lain undiscovered for a year here.