Random Modern People Who Turned Into Mummies Before They Were Found (14 items)

(#10) An Elderly Hoarder Was Found Mummified In Her Bed In Arizona

The mummified body of a 98-year-old woman was found in the bedroom of her Arizona hoarder house, still clutching a blanket. The woman had been dead for four years and was left there by her daughter, Janet Delatorre.

Delatorre apparently thought the police would believe she had killed her mother, so she simply left her where she found her, telling other family members she had her buried in the family plot in Chicago. The deception was discovered by a realtor looking at the house and thinking it was a foreclosure.
(#12) A Man Killed A New Orleans Woman And Put Her Mummified Corpse In His Trunk

The mummified remains of 39-year-old Polly Pastori were found stuffed into a trunk in a house near the French Quarter - leading to her ex-boyfriend being put on trial. Pastori's corpse was found three years after she disappeared, and her ex had apparently been carting the body around from apartment to apartment.

While the body was found in 2005, Hurricane Katrina delayed the investigation and trial for years.
(#3) A Mummified German Sailor Was Found In A Yacht In The Philippines

In 2016, Filipino sailors were shocked to find a mummified corpse sitting at a desk in a yacht drifting off the coast of the island of Barobo. The man was later identified as German sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat, who had been missing since 2009.

Bajorat was found with his hand just inches from a radio, indicating that he died attempting to call for help, possibly while having a heart attack.
(#5) An Ohio Mummy Was Found Hanging By A Young Boy

In 2014, a boy in Dayton, OH, walked into a seemingly abandoned house to find a shocking sight in a closet: a mummified man hanging.

Police later determined the man was Edward Brunton. He had apparently taken his life in 2009, but his body was perfectly preserved thanks to the warm climate and lack of moisture.
(#13) A British Gas Worker Found A Mummified Woman

A gas company employee in Southampton, England, went to the house of a woman who hadn't paid her bills in four months, only to find her mummified corpse.
(#14) A Mongolian Mummy Wearing Adidas?

In 2016, archeologists in Mongolia unearthed a 1,500 year old Turkik mummy, the remains of a Mongol woman buried with a number of items, including a fully grown horse. But what truly stood out was the straps of her shoes - they looked exactly like the distinctive stripes on the Adidas brand.
Obviously, a 1,500-year-old woman wasn't wearing 20th century shoes, so this is most likely a case of confirmation bias. Subsequent research has confirmed that this is not, in fact, a case of time travel, but is instead simply a case of coincidental “very modern” styling on the leather boots.