Eunice Workman: Missing Woman Lay Dead In Her Home 7 Years
Police in Oakland, California are investigating how Eunice Workman died and why it took so long to discover her remains. The 76 year-old woman was reported missing by her family nearly seven years ago and the case has remained unsolved. In an odd twist, her daughters found her body when they were cleaning out the woman’s two story home on Wednesday evening, March 25, 2009.
Workman’s family members reportedly discovered her body amid some rubble in an upstairs bedroom, while getting the home cleaned up to sell. The human remains were described as a fully clothed skeleton. An autopsy has been scheduled by the Alameda County coroner in order to determine the cause of death.
There is speculation that debris may have fallen on Eunice and trapped her. The residence, on the 700 block of 47th Street, is described as filled from floor to ceiling with hoarded belongings, and has remained virtually untouched for seven years.
Police and the Health Department received numerous calls from neighbors reporting the condition of the property as well as a strong order shortly after the woman went missing. Those calls were noted in an Oakland law enforcement database, as were reports that squatters had moved in, though apparently no action was taken by police to investigate any of the complaints.
See outside view of home below.
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I am pretty sure that before reporting someone in my family missing, I would be checking the house to see if they were there, or to see if there was a note or something saying that they were leaving..
7 years.
That is just crazy. Did nobody go to the house?
This house is a block from us.
The house was used as a drug dealing outpost by one of her relatives.
Maybe a grandson and friends.
Neighbors have been complaining about the condition of the property and
the shady gatherings of thugs at all hours with no respect for neighboring homes. These same guys have started fights with neighbors who’ve confronted them regarding trash, lack of up-keep, odor, vermin and obvious drug related activity– booming cars, money exchanges, the works. Whoever was living in the house tapped electricity directly from the pole! Unbelievable!
This is clearly dirty and as the investigation unfolds and if neighbors are more willing to talk, more info will be uncovered. There’s no way her family didn’t know. It’s just gross and so disrespectful. By the way, who’s been cashing her social security checks?? And paying for water??
Absolutely… totally unbelievable!!!!
This is really digusting! In my opinion, this lady does not look well in her photo. It appears that she has been beat about her face. I don’t know what the photo was for, but her eyes look black & blue, as does her face!!
I hope the police are investigating who has been cashing the checks that belonged to this woman! I can not believe the police didn’t take previous calls seriously!
All I can say is get the jerks that were free-loading and taking over her home!!!
yeah right!
That is believeable. So many older people are horters. They pack there homes up with lots of stuff fom thrift stores and things they find on the street. My grand mother is a horter. She will not let you throw away anything, each room of her 4 story house is packed to the ceiling with wht I say is junk but she says its her valuables.