Waiting ... Waiting ...

Italian police have found a 70-year-old woman living with the mummified corpses of her two older sisters who are said to have died a year ago. Also in the house - which almost repelled police with its stench - were the remains of a dog. Police were tipped off by an anonymouse phone call and are not sure whether the sisters, 73 and 78, died of natural causes or were killed. I wonder why they didn't use "murdered" in the report I read, which suggested there was a religious element: "Everything is clearly linked to religion, they believed in resurrection." The women had isolated themselves from everyone (well, maybe not "everyone" since there was the matter of the anonymous caller - unless it was the remaining sister) some time ago and it seems their friends thought they were living at their holiday home. The remaining sister was taken to hospital. No further details were available as local police were not available for comment.