Serial ‘hoarder’ found buried under piles of rubbish at home after four months

Police had searched the house several times while looking for the 67-year-old who was known to be a compulsive hoarder.

Sniffer dogs had been sent into the property but were unable to locate the body amid floor to ceiling piles of clothes, rubbish, empty food boxes and other goods that Mrs James had stored. Officials believe rotting food and other pungent smells stopped the dogs from working properly.

“For our dogs to go through that house and not find something should be indicative of the tremendous environmental challenges they faced,” stated Las Vegas police spokesman Bill Cassell.

Friends stated Mrs James was compulsive hoarder who spent her weekends buying goods at automobile boot sales.

She also frequented thrift shops and refused to grant anyone into her house because he was so ashamed of the mess.

Police stated small pathways had been forged through the clutter to grant the couple to move around the house.

Her husband Bill James, 68, first reported his wife missing in April.

He feared she might have suffered a stroke and become disorientated.

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