Man Lived With Dead Woman for a Week

Santa Cruz, California - A California man was found living with the badly decomposed body of a woman after neighbors called to complain of an unusual smell coming from inside the man’s studio apartment. Santa Cruz police officers found the 30-year-old woman’s body after entering the apartment. Investigators haven’t been able to establish how the woman died because of the deteriorated state of her body. Investigators also haven’t determined how long the woman had been dead, but Santa Cruz deputy police Chief Steve Clark said he was comfortable saying it had been at least a week. The apartment’s resident, 63-year-old John Clauer, was in custody on a no-bail parole hold based on a prior drug conviction.  More