-- Posted by K r e s c e n d o at 11:11 am on July 4, 2009 The body of an elderly woman lay undiscovered in her flat for up to five years. The badly decomposed body of Isabella Purves, who would have been 90 this year, was found by police earlier this week. Officers forced their way into her flat in the Canonmills area of Edinburgh after a neighbour reported water dripping through the ceiling. They had to fight their way through piles of unopened mail behind her front door. It is thought her pension was paid directly into a bank account and utility bills were paid by direct debit. Police are trying to trace her relatives. Neighbours in Rodney Street spoke of their horror at the discovery. Giovanni Cilia, who owns the Fioritalia florist below Ms Purves's traditional tenement flat, said he was shocked at how long it took to find her. He said: "How did no one notice the smell, or wonder where she was? I heard there was a big pile of letters and bills behind the door. I used to see her walk past the shop maybe four times a week. She would often go across the street and pick up litter to clean the place up." Mr Cilia, who has run the shop for 20 years, added: "It's shocked everyone here. When I saw her she looked quite fit and healthy for her age. "She used to wear boots and would often carry a rucksack like she enjoyed going for walks." Douglas McLellan, of Age Concern and Help the Aged in Scotland, said it was a "tragic case". here Lol! And no one realised this!? -- Posted by DaisyMontana at 11:11 am on July 4, 2009 You shouldn't LOL at that news. -- Posted by GlassHearts at 11:11 am on July 4, 2009 thats horrible -- Posted by Chasey at 11:12 am on July 4, 2009 hahaha fail -- Posted by K r e s c e n d o at 11:12 am on July 4, 2009 Quote: from DaisyMontana at 7:11 pm on July 4, 2009 You shouldn't LOL at that news. You're right. It's serious. And I wasn't laughing at her, I was laughing at the fact no one realised. -- Posted by MajorT0M at 11:12 am on July 4, 2009 That's horrible. But her surname is Lulz. -- Posted by Catalyst11 at 11:12 am on July 4, 2009 lol, -- Posted by DangerouslyDisturbed at 11:13 am on July 4, 2009 I really hope people would notice If I die. -- Posted by Aria of Silence at 11:13 am on July 4, 2009 haha that's just awful...poor woman... -- Posted by Sara2011 at 11:13 am on July 4, 2009 that's more strange than anything. -- Posted by EmilyAnn at 11:13 am on July 4, 2009 That is soooooo horrible. How could no one notice?! Wouldn't her rotten body reek like no other?! Damn. Shameful. -- Posted by Corrupted Innocence at 11:13 am on July 4, 2009 Omg how can nobody notice. This isn't the first case of something like this and it won't be the last -- Posted by Kaijuu at 11:14 am on July 4, 2009 I feel bad for her. -- Posted by Clara Bell at 11:14 am on July 4, 2009 That has to be fake How could the florist not realize what had happened, if one day the old lady just stopped walking past the shop, and never showed up again for five years? No one on her floor smelled her? Or realized that they never saw her again but there was no reason to believe she had moved away? -- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 11:14 am on July 4, 2009 I hope people realise if I die and don't leave me rotting away for five years. -- Posted by Praise the Lard at 11:16 am on July 4, 2009 http://www.javno.com/en-croatia/dead-body-lies-in-bed-for-41-years_148109 way cooler -- Posted by Kaijuu at 11:16 am on July 4, 2009 That's really sad :[ -- Posted by Paper Dolls at 11:16 am on July 4, 2009 See that's the sad thing here. I try to spread the Holy Word because I care about where others end up... and here they think I'm "forcing" stuff on them. no, I just don't want anyone to be separated from God for eternity. What good comes from atheists trying to turn Christians away from God? None. They do it because they think of themselves as gods (funny thing is no human I've ever met has been worthy of worship) and they get satisfaction in it. Christians try to get atheists to turn to God because they're afraid from them. haha *waits to be flamed* -- Posted by Total Destruction at 11:17 am on July 4, 2009 That's so ridiculous that no one was aware of a woman's absence for 5 years -- Posted by cyberpunk at 11:17 am on July 4, 2009 lmfao -- Posted by Sheebobee at 11:18 am on July 4, 2009 that's sad :(