Bad smell alerted teams: Mentally disabled woman lived with her sister's body for a week

Authorities in Turkey responded to a distressing situation in Samsun after neighbors reported a persistent, strong foul odor emanating from an apartment. The smell led to an alert to the 112 emergency call center.

Police and medical teams were dispatched to the location in the Atakum district. Upon arrival, they traced the odor to the residence of Mualla Boyeri. When the teams rang the doorbell, the door was opened by Boyeri's sister, Süheyla B., who has an intellectual disability.

Inside the apartment, the responding teams made a grim discovery: Mualla Boyeri's body. Initial assessments indicated that she had been deceased for approximately one week. Tragically, her sister, Süheyla B., had remained in the apartment with the body throughout that entire period.

Following preliminary examinations at the scene, Boyeri's body was transferred to the Samsun Forensic Medicine Institute's morgue. The exact cause of death will be determined after an autopsy is conducted. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death and the sister's situation is currently underway.