Yeah...no foul play here. None at all.

[Rain Man]

Umm...is there nothing here that seems a little suspicious? He was found in a storage space in his ex-wife's home. It seems like that might arouse a hint of suspicion, though I admit it's odd that she eventually reported the body. Was he perhaps peeping and got stuck? I can't come up with a good story of an accidental death here.

And how do the renters live in a house for a year and not smell a dead body? I'm guessing this was not a high-end rental home.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/justic...html?hpt=hp_t3

(CNN) -- An Alaska man missing for more than a year was found dead in his home on Monday, according to Anchorage Police. The home had been occupied by renters for nearly a year, but they apparently had no idea the body was in the home, police said.

Samuel E. McAlpine, 37, was last seen March 17, 2013, when he told his mother he was going on a date.

McAlpine's sister reported him missing 12 days later, Anchorage Police spokeswoman Dani Myren said.

Family members weren't initially concerned, because he "frequently disappears for weeks at a time" said an e-mail sent by police in August asking for the public's help in finding McAlpine.

McAlpine was going through a divorce at the time and had moved out of the home he shared with his now ex-wife, Myren said. "They were unable to sell the home, so she rented it out to tenants."

Those tenants moved in to the McAlpine home around April 1, 2013, and recently moved out.

Myren said McAlpine's ex-wife, Christine, detected a foul odor when she came to clean and show the apartment to potential new tenants.

She discovered her ex-husband's body in a small storage space under the stairs.

Attempts to reach her Wednesday were unsuccessful.

Police, who do not suspect foul play, think McAlpine died before the tenants moved in.

Myren said drugs and alcohol are believed to have played a role, and an autopsy is pending.

The Alaska State Medical Examiner's Office does not release cause and manner of death to the public.

[A Salt Weapon]

They've been talking about that on the radio a bit up here, probably rented to crack heads.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon

They've been talking about that on the radio a bit up here, probably rented to crack heads.

They have crack in Alaska?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon

They've been talking about that on the radio a bit up here, probably rented to crack heads.

Does crack affect one's sense of smell? Or do crackheads not bathe regularly?

I was trying to figure out some explanation, but given the dates, how about this?


Dude goes off on a bender for a couple of weeks, then comes back. He didn't know that the ex-wife had rented the place out, so he uses his key or otherwise breaks in, and finds himself in a room with some people who think he's trying to burgle them. (Is burgle a word?) They're a rough group of people, so they kill him and hide the body. Then when they move out, they don't think they need to move the body, or they're crackheads and forget to move the body.

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole always crawls in a small storage space under the stairs when he wants to get drunk and pop some pills. Completely reasonable to think this was an accidental OD.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

They have crack in Alaska?

Seriously. Why would anyone want to do crack in Alaska?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Fish

Seriously. Why would anyone want to do crack in Alaska?

What else are you going to do?

[A Salt Weapon]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

They have crack in Alaska?

I dont know, probably up in Anchorage, Anchorage is kinda like a north Seattle. Complete with gangs and hoods and all the other stuff one would associate with crack. In fact it's hard to even associate Anchorage with Alaska, it's nothing like the rest of Alaska. It really should be placed somewhere in the middle of N.Dakota.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon

I dont know, probably up in Anchorage, Anchorage is kinda like a north Seattle. Complete with gangs and hoods and all the other stuff one would associate with crack. In fact it's hard to even associate Anchorage with Alaska, it's nothing like the rest of Alaska. It really should be placed somewhere in the middle of N.Dakota.

[Eleazar]

It sounds like the guy was homeless and wasted, and just wanted to crawl in some place. Seems like the cause of death would tell us more.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

What else are you going to do?

Hunt wolves from a chopper is all the rage, I hear.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon

I dont know, probably up in Anchorage, Anchorage is kinda like a north Seattle. Complete with gangs and hoods and all the other stuff one would associate with crack. In fact it's hard to even associate Anchorage with Alaska, it's nothing like the rest of Alaska. It really should be placed somewhere in the middle of N.Dakota.

I saw some TV program about the gangs in Anchorage. Apparently some thugs moved up there from the west coast because there was no dominant presence there, so there was money to be made.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Dick Bull

Hunt wolves from a chopper is all the rage, I hear.

Doing that on crack would be FUN.

[A Salt Weapon]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Doing that on crack would be FUN.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Doing that on crack would be FUN.

Indeed. I may have found my next new hobby. I must wait until I get older and require dentures (that way my teeth won't rot out) but count me in!