A boy found the mummified body of Edward Brunton hanging in a closet in a vacant house in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday. AP
DAYTON, Ohio鈥擜n adolescent boy found the mummified body of a man hanging in a closet while exploring what appeared to be an abandoned house in southwestern Ohio.
The director of the Montgomery County coroner鈥檚 office in Dayton says the body found Sunday had the hardened, leathery appearance of a mummy because 53-year-old Edward听Brunton鈥檚听tissue had dried up and was preserved in his home鈥檚 cold, dark conditions.
Director Ken Betz says听Brunton听was homeless before inheriting money from his mother to buy the house in October 2009 and probably died soon after that. Betz says听Brunton鈥檚听death was ruled a suicide caused by hanging by the neck.
Betz says听Brunton鈥檚听house appeared vacant and the property was overgrown with weeds and posted with city cleanup warnings.
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