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| Buyer finds mummy in Spanish flat | Buyer finds mummy in Spanish flat |
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| A man in north-eastern Spain has made an unexpected discovery after buying a new home without seeing it first. | A man in north-eastern Spain has made an unexpected discovery after buying a new home without seeing it first. |
| Inside he found the mummified body of the previous owner. | Inside he found the mummified body of the previous owner. |
| Jordi Giro bought the flat in the Costa Brava resort of Rosas at an auction after the previous owner defaulted on her payments. | Jordi Giro bought the flat in the Costa Brava resort of Rosas at an auction after the previous owner defaulted on her payments. |
| He told police that he was shocked on going into the flat for the first time to discover her body sitting on the sofa. | |
| It seems that Maria Luisa Zamora failed to keep up payments on her mortgage because she had in fact died in 2001. | It seems that Maria Luisa Zamora failed to keep up payments on her mortgage because she had in fact died in 2001. |
| Forgotten | Forgotten |
| Police believe the body has been preserved by the salty sea air. | Police believe the body has been preserved by the salty sea air. |
| Coroners said Mrs Zamora died of natural causes. | Coroners said Mrs Zamora died of natural causes. |
| But questions are being asked about why no-one has been concerned as to her whereabouts for the last six years. | But questions are being asked about why no-one has been concerned as to her whereabouts for the last six years. |
| Police say neither her estranged husband nor her children in Madrid registered a missing persons report for the 55-year-old. | Police say neither her estranged husband nor her children in Madrid registered a missing persons report for the 55-year-old. |
| Neighbours say Mrs Zamora had bought the flat as a holiday home and told AFP news agency that when the garden grew over they assumed she had simply stayed away. | Neighbours say Mrs Zamora had bought the flat as a holiday home and told AFP news agency that when the garden grew over they assumed she had simply stayed away. |