Cops: Upstate NY Woman Found In Apartment May Have Died In 2013
GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A 94-year-old woman's badly decomposed body may have been in her upstate New York apartment for more than a year before being discovered, despite her daughter living just above her, authorities said.
Police and prosecutors in Fulton County told local media that Hope Ruller may have died in her first-floor apartment in Gloversville as long as 14 months ago before being found Dec. 29 after police received a request from a relative to check on her welfare.
Her daughter lived in the two-story home's upstairs apartment along with an adult son, officials said.
An autopsy was conducted, but a cause of death couldn't be determined because of the body's severely decomposed condition, authorities said.
"But they are able to rule out blunt force trauma or penetrating objects," Gloversville Police Chief Donald VanDeusen said.
Ruller's death is being treated as suspicious, police said. No arrests have been made, but police say their investigation is continuing.
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