'TASTE THE FOULNESS': Video show piles of trash inside missing woman's Connecticut home later found dead
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Video released by authorities in Connecticut shows garbage and debris piled up inside the home of a retired police detective whose remains were found months later.
Last week, the Glastonbury Police Department released footage of the Bridgeport home of 73-year-old Mary Notarangelo, who was reported missing on July 3, 2024.
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The only person who kept in touch with Notarangelo was a friend who last heard from her around June 12, 2024, who texted saying she was having abdominal cramps, vomiting and had fallen.
Police said her remains were not located until Feb. 24, hidden under mounds of trash.
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The search for her body was made difficult as the home’s flooring was covered with piles of garbage and other debris.
“Hoarders usually have paths,” Glastonbury Police Chief Marshall Porter told CT Insider. “But this was like just piled floor to almost ceiling. You literally would have had to climb over stuff.”
In the video recorded July 2024, police and firefighters initially were unable to enter the house due to the height of the trash. They eventually removed the front door and saw debris piled high above the top of the door frame.
A police officer’s body-worn camera showed furniture, plastic bottles and cans piled several metres high inside the home.
One cop looked inside a bathroom window but said he wouldn’t step any closer.
“It’s literally filled with used toilet paper and feces,” the officer remarked in the video. “It’s just not safe.”
The home also had an awful odour as one officer is heard saying the smell was so bad “you can taste the foulness in your mouth.”
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The only living thing found during the first search was a cat as bird cages were found empty. During a second search, dead birds were located among the debris.
The home was searched several times by police, including the use of a cadaver dog and a drone. Eventually, the state’s environmental agency and a biohazard waste collection company were called in to clear out the mess.
Notarangelo’s remains were found when the company returned a second time and used an excavator to remove the debris.
Notarangelo’s death is still undetermined, a staff member of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.
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