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Latest News – Hoarder Found to Be Storing Mother’s Body

February 9, 2012 By Avery Associates

Jeffrey Avery & Associates specialists for house clearance in London talk about compulsive hoarding……..

Hoarders can often end up collecting items that many of us would find very strange. One of the common compulsions is to hoard items which look no more than junk to other people but are very special to the hoarder.

However, sometimes this can be taken to even more extreme measures, as a recent case in Florida highlighted.

It was recently revealed that a female hoarder had been storing the body of her mother in a storage unit in Clearwater, near to Tampa in Florida, for as long as 17 years.

The mother, named as Ann Bunch, was 95 when she died in 1994. The plan was for her to be buried in Alabama, but the funeral never occurred because her daughter, Bobbie Barnett Hancock, could not afford to transfer the body.

Ms Hancock stored the body away, and it was only discovered when she could no longer afford to pay for the storage unit and the items inside were going to be sold at auction.

It is not likely that she will face charges, and her ex-husband confirmed that she had a severe hoarding habit which probably played a role in her actions. Indeed, her home had been declared as unfit for habitation in 2010 due to the amount of items she had stored away inside.

Now the body has been taken to a chapel and it is thought that the preparations are being made for it to be cremated or buried.

For confidential advice call Jeffrey Avery on 0800 567 7769

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding Tagged With: Ann Bunch, Bobbie Barnett Hancock, compulsive hoarding

Our House Clearance Services

We provide a full house clearance and property management solution:

  • We clear hoarded houses, regardless how big or how cluttered
  • We clear all types and sizes of property, irrespective of location, or access is restricted or where parking is difficult or not available.
  • We can help avoid water damage by draining the central heating system.
  • We can secure the property and change the locks.
  • We can reinstate the gardens and maintain them whilst the property is empty.
  • We can provide 24 hour security to eliminate the risk of squatting or unlawful occupation.

As well normal house clearances we specialise in clutter clearance and we can clear a hoarded house which may contain years of accumulated possessions, or which have abnormal amounts of general household items, sometimes as a result of compulsive hoarding syndrome.

Equally we can help to clear a property where the occupants were previously unwell and unable to care for themselves or their property which sometimes results in insanitary, dangerous or just plain unpleasant conditions.

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