WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — Police are investigating after a family was found living with a relative’s decomposing corpse since the beginning of summer.
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Police found 64-year-old Michael Bebout dead in his bed inside a home in Canton Township, Pennsylvania, according to our sister station WPXI.
Officers made the gruesome discovery after a family member called police for a welfare check.
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Police told WPXI the body had been there since the start of summer and that three family members were living in the home with the dead relative in filthy conditions.
Detectives don’t believe police Bebout died from any foul play.
There is an investigation into whether Bebout’s checks were illegally cashed after he died.
WPXI knocked on the door of the home. A woman came out and told WPXI’s Antoinette DelBel she had no comment.
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