Body Of Elderly Chinese Missing Six Years Found In Bathroom

An elderly bachelor who was reported missing six years ago turned out to have died at home after relatives discovered his skeleton in his house.

During the six years, officials and a nephew had entered his home, but did not notice the body in the bathroom.

The man, who was born in 1931 and had lived alone in a flat owned by his former employer, a local state-owned steel company, had remained out of contact since 2009.

In November that year, local officials and police officers, along with his nephew who lived in another province, visited his home and found nothing abnormal. They entered the apartment a year later and still found nothing.

The man’s brother and nephew saw a skeleton behind the washing machine in the bathroom earlier this week after they were sent by the steel company to collect his belongings before the property was reclaimed.

The company found that the man’s pension had not been drawn since February, 2009, and the balance remained in his account. It suspended payments in April, 2010 hoping that he would show up to complain, but no response was received.

His calendar was turned to February 27, and he had kept a travelling journal until 2008, the nephew said.

The nephew described his late uncle as a well-read man who liked to leave his home for several months every summer to go sightseeing.