Retirement facility didn't notice man was dead for two weeks [View all]

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The coroner told family members that Paul Patterson’s body had been decomposing for two weeks before anyone at the facility noticed he was dead. Management finally noticed when someone complained about the smell. SEM Manor describes itself as a "retirement & assisted living facility" on its Facebook page.

"That it took somebody next door to say there's a foul odor is very upsetting," Foster said.
Patterson's family feels he was not taken care of.

Patterson's family was stunned when they recently received a call from a detective stating that he had died. "Nobody ... should hear something like, 'Your brother has been dead for two weeks ...'" Patterson's sister, Martha McKee, said.
"Somebody laying there for two weeks, it's just wrong," McKee said.

The sheriff's office said the death is still under investigation. The coroner's office has not yet determined a cause of death.

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