Because I live alone, and because I wasn't home because I was working,

[Rorey]

3. As a landlord myself, I know your landlord better be acting fast

This isn't something that can be delayed. Hopefully it'll be taken care of today.

Is there a victim's advocacy organization where you live? Maybe they can help, because you're surely a victim.

I had a situation a few months ago where it was discovered that one of my tenants had passed away. It was in a house, not an apartment. I think she must not have locked the door, because it wasn't broken, so I'm guessing the authorities just walked right in. She was discovered on August 1st and nobody called me. I found out on August 3rd from my ex-husband who has a tenant who knew her, and she had seen it on Facebook. I rushed over to the house in disbelief that this could have happened. I found all of the doors and windows wide open. This was in the evening on a Saturday night, so really all I could do at that point was pull shut the front door and pull down the window on the front of the house.

When I went back the next morning, the front door was again open, and the window was again open. Someone had pushed up the window because I couldn't lock it, and they went in and then obviously just left through the front door.

I'm still just furious that nobody called me when the situation was discovered. Not the police, and not the coroner. Because of the length of time that my tenant had been deceased in the house, it wasn't safe to enter, and I feel that they really dropped the ball by not notifying me so I could have something done immediately to secure the premises. Had I been notified on the Thursday evening that she was discovered, I could have had the biohazard company in there by Friday morning. As it was, the house sat unsecured for four nights.

Stay safe, and please update on this situation.

Edited to add: NOW, after the fact, I know what to do in a situation like this. I think that either the police or the coroner's office could have advised me that there are companies that one can call who will be there within hours. As it was, I had to do my own research, and it wasted some valuable time.

I hate to paint entire groups with a broad brush, but I really think that both the police and the coroner dropped the ball.