Icky!! (Not for the weak of stomach)

[Gob]

Paralysed man eaten to death by maggots while his partner slept beside him
July 29, 2010 - 6:42AM

A paralysed Austrian man was eaten to death by maggots in his bed while his partner slept beside him, police said on Wednesday.

The 61-year-old retiree died in an ambulance on his way to hospital in Vienna on Tuesday with the maggots having partly devoured his back.

Paramedics notified police after discovering the shocking state of hygiene in the man's home, and his 34-year-old partner was questioned over his condition.

"The man had not wanted to be washed for a long time," a police spokesman said.

According to police, the couple had been together for about a decade, and the victim's partner had slept in the same bed right up until his death.

The dead man had been paralysed for several years following a stroke.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/strangebutt ... 10weh.html

[Rick]

How do you mistake the smell of rotting flesh for something else?

At least enough to be able to ignore it...

[Crackpot]

uhhh don't maggots only eat rotting/ed flesh?

It seems to he he was killed from complications from bedsores rather than the maggots.

[The Hen]

I can't beleive taht someone would take such poor care of their partner. Was she after the money? I note a rather large age difference between them.

[loCAtek]

A 'partner' in what way?

They didn't like ..you know, covered in maggots!?

[Rick]

A 'partner' in what way?

They didn't like ..you know, covered in maggots!?

"Paralyzed" - I doubt they did much of anything...

[@meric@nwom@n]

uhhh don't maggots only eat rotting/ed flesh?

It seems to he he was killed from complications from bedsores rather than the maggots.

Bingo, he likely became septic. Maggots aren't venomous.