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Woman found decomposing in Largo home
Posted: Aug 14, 2013 12:02 PM EST Updated: Aug 14, 2013 6:01 PM EST
By WFLA.com web staff

LARGO, FL - Largo Police say the body of a woman found in a Largo home Tuesday has been identified.

Officers say 68-year-old Geneva Smith Chambers was found dead Tuesday morning by a lawn maintenance worker.
Detectives investigating the case at 1420 Alexander Way say there were no signs of foul play.
According to detectives, Chambers was residing at this residence at the time of her death.
Police say court records indicate foreclosure notices were initiated in October of 2009 and the latest documented contact with Chambers occurred during a pawn transaction in April of 2010.
Interviews with neighbors also confirmed they believed that Chambers had abandoned the property as a result of the foreclosure during 2010.
All utilities were subsequently found to have been disconnected in June of 2010 and notices on the home supported a foreclosure was in-process. Chambers had an estranged relationship with her family who lives in the Miami area and was described by neighbors as a recluse.
Neighbors continuously maintained the exterior of the home unaware of her death.
Detectives are continuing the investigation.

Actually, this is my next to worst fear- the worst fear is what my two dogs will eat after I'm gone..... gruesome, but yes, I truly fear this.

posted on Aug 14, 2013 4:37 PM ()

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You're not the only one. Living alone out in "the sticks", I've had those thoughts. If it happened, friends and family would feel terribly guilty, eh?
comment by solitaire on Aug 25, 2013 5:02 AM ()
I know exactly what you mean, and have had the same thoughts. One thing I am marveling at is there are so many vacant foreclosed homes in Florida that one must have been sitting on the lenders' inventory for so many years with no effort to re-sell it or have someone from the bank check it to make sure there wasn't some problem or condition that needed fixing to preserve the property value. And it's interesting that the neighbors maintained the outside so well.
comment by troutbend on Aug 15, 2013 12:18 PM ()
My thought is if you're dead then you shouldn't have anymore worries..at least earthly ones
comment by redwolftimes on Aug 14, 2013 6:17 PM ()
But I am alive now- so I do worry about it although I don't obsess about it.
reply by dragonflyby on Aug 15, 2013 10:46 AM ()
Dottie, make a pact with a friend to call each other each day to check and
make sure you are both Ok. It works two ways. I am told by people in law
enforcement that dogs are too loyal to nibble on their masters body and will starve first. The poor woman may have committed suicide. I doubt if
forensics could tell at this late date.
comment by elderjane on Aug 14, 2013 5:01 PM ()
I like that idea. Will have to think of someone in similar circumstances.
reply by dragonflyby on Aug 15, 2013 10:47 AM ()

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