SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – During a welfare check, police discovered a Petaluma woman who had been dead in her home for over a year while her daughter lived in the house with the corpse.
On Tuesday just before 11 a.m., officers from the Petaluma Police Department were called to the 200 block of Windsor Dr. to check on a resident who had not been seen for several weeks. Neighbors told police approximately 20-30 packages were stacked on the porch and no one would answer the door.
Once inside, police found a woman dead in the living room and a second woman in a bedroom who claimed to be the deceased's daughter. According to authorities, the conditions of the home were inhabitable.
Police said it appeared that the mother had been dead for over a year. The daughter told authorities her mother had died of natural causes in April of 2021. She was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, police said.
Police have now opened an unattended death investigation into the unknown circumstances surrounding the woman's death.
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