Not sure where to begin, I normally go walking in my neighborhood and I do friendly wave to all my neighbors. Well today I walked by my neighbors house and it looked unkempt, he was not outside like he normally is ,and there were mail notices on his door. I called the police to do a wellness check and they summoned the crime scene detectives and made entry to his house and found him deceased!! I feel sad he died alone and no one checked on him. His house was in foreclosure , no foul play is suspected ,but if I did not call he would been in the house just decaying away , I hope he’s at peace and his family can have peace , sorry this was so sad and it weighs heavy on my heart!! Just needed to get this off my chest!!
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omg I hope you feel okay, OP. this must have been traumatizing. RIP to your neighbor 🕊️
You’re a wonderful person for not just walking by. Thank you for caring and never stop being the way you are.
Good job. You were not in an easy position, but you made a good choice and should feel proud of that. Rest in peace, neighbor of pecanbella 💛
How long was he there for?
I am so glad you are a good and an observant neighbor.
Thank you for calling the police for a wellness check.
You OP have a truly caring heart. You didn’t walk on by, something told you to look closer and then to call for help. If your neighbor has family, they have peace in the knowledge that someone cared.
You noticed something was off with your neighbor and did the neighborly thing to have it checked out. All things considered, I hope you accept that you did good for your neighbor.
Thank for my dear neighbor
You did the right thing, even if the ending was horrible. This was one of my fears before my grandfather went into LTC. None of the family lived near him, but he had been very involved in his church since they’d moved there in the 1970s, so rationally I knew people would get concerned, but being almost 1100km away, I still worried.
Even if he didn’t have family around to regularly check on your neighbour, you noticed. Someone noticed. You cared enough to check, and when things didn’t look right call people who could go in to see what was going on. An awful lot of people would see what you saw and just say “they should mow their lawn more often” and keep walking. You showed kindness and compassion even though your neighbour will never know it.
he may have died alone, but u didn’t let him be forgotten 💕
Wild how someone is there one day and not the next.
You did well!