Gran finds mummified body of missing grandson Dyquain Rogers in her attic in Erie, Pennsylvania
The 21-year-old went missing two years ago but his body was found when his gran heard a bang upstairs
A GRAN made a horrifying discovery when she found the mummified body of her young grandson who went missing two years before in her attic.
Zanobia Richmond, 65, heard a bang upstairs in her home and upon investigating found the badly decomposing corpse of Dyquain Rogers who vanished in 2014.
The body had fallen against the attic door and officials are now confident it is that of Rogers who had disappeared after failing to show up to work.
Dyquain was just 21-years-old when he was last seen alive by his gran and his final few Facebook posts suggest he was unhappy about something.
In October 2014 he wrote: “I have been having the worst luck lately.”
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The next day was the last day he was seen alive, the reports.
Pennsylvania police said at the time “It is one of the few cases around here that is a mystery.”
His mother, Carol Rogers, told : “I just kept pretending like he just left Erie, so I just kept focusing on that, that he left here, that's what I kept saying.”
It is believed the body had been in the attic for two years after Dyquain was said to have committed suicide.
But his family have disagreed, with his aunt reported as saying: “I don't believe any of this stuff. I want answers.”
How do bodies become mummified?
Under normal circumstances the decomposition process reduces the body to a bare skeleton in a matter of months.
If a dead body is preserved by exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air it can become a mummy.
The corpse will not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.
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