Yahoo Sports Decomposing bodies found in former mayor’s home, Rhode Island police say
Two decomposing bodies were discovered in the home of a former Rhode Island mayor, police told news outlets.
Woonsocket Police Chief Thomas Oates told WPRI, a local television station, that two unidentified “elderly male and female” bodies were found inside former Woonsocket Mayor Susan Menard’s home on Monday, Sept. 19.
A neighbor called police Monday afternoon and said he had not seen the couple who lived in the residence in around a week and that “a strong odor was coming from the home,” according to NBC News.
Police forced entry into the home, located on Marian Lane, and discovered the woman and man in separate rooms, according to WPRI. Police vehicles were seen parked outside the residence on Monday evening, and the state medical examiner took the bodies away.
It is not clear whether one of the bodies belonged to the former mayor. The police chief said that identities of the bodies would be announced in the coming days and that the state medical examiner would determine the cause of death, according to USA Today.
“There’s no outward signs of any foul play or any type of a struggle,” Oates said, according to NBC News. “We’re aware that both of these individuals, if they’re who we think they are, had medical issues that were pretty significant.”
Menard was Woonsocket’s 31st and longest-serving mayor, according to the city’s website. A local middle school was named in her honor in 2017.
Menard’s brother, Robert Miller, a toxicologist at the Rhode Island Department of Health, died on Saturday, according to an obituary in The Providence Journal.
With a population around 41,000, Woonsocket is one of the largest cities in Rhode Island.
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