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.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Dick Bull

Dogs do it all the time and I've yet to hear someone to say that is foul play.

The cat yakuza keeps the dogs silent.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Dick Bull

Seems more cost effective.

Can't they jump into the chopper though?

Shooting wolves while high on crack might be fun but getting mauled by wolves while high on crack doesn't sound very fun at all...

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Can't they jump into the chopper though?

Shooting wolves while high on crack might be fun but getting mauled by wolves while high on crack doesn't sound very fun at all...

If a wolf eats a person who is high on crack, does the wolf then get high on crack? Or does crack only work once?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

If a wolf eats a person who is high on crack, does the wolf then get high on crack? Or does crack only work once?

Well, if a baby can get addicted to crack in-utero, I'm sure the wolves would get off.

[DTLB58]

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.

There is a difference between Alaska and North Dakota?

[bevischief]

Originally Posted by 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.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DTLB58

There is a difference between Alaska and North Dakota?

Apparently.

North Dakota has meth. Alaska has crack. Big difference.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Well, if a baby can get addicted to crack in-utero, I'm sure the wolves would get off.

That would make for an interesting scenario. I could envision a whole town being terrorized by crack-high wolves. And with their sense of smell, I bet they could identify the crack users and they would hunt them down with special vigor.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That would make for an interesting scenario. I could envision a whole town being terrorized by crack-high wolves. And with their sense of smell, I bet they could identify the crack users and they would hunt them down with special vigor.

I smell a movie deal!

Me.

You.

$$$

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

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.

Its like -80 degrees all but one day a year up there. They call that day Springsummerfall. So that may have played a role in the smell.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

I smell a movie deal!

Me.

You.

$$$

Frankly, I'm shocked that it hasn't already been done. We need to jump on this.

[rico]

I wonder how his date went...? I wonder if she had huge hooters...

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Frankly, I'm shocked that it hasn't already been done. We need to jump on this.

Immediately.

[tooge]

Renter thought his wifes feet just stunk

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Would you be smoking wolves while your teeth are dying?

"Smokin' wolves, smokin' crack

bum bum bum-bum

We're on the attack

bum bum bum-bum

Flyin' high, flyin' low

bum bum bum-bum

Death dealin' Esquimaux

bum bum bum-bum"




OK. I'll stop now. I'm sorry.