frozen body found in detroit elevator shaft

[Amby 490]

DETROIT - It took three calls to Detroit authorities over two days before they recovered the body of a man frozen in ice in the elevator shaft of a vacant warehouse, a newspaper reported Thursday.

A reporter for The Detroit News said it got a tip and found the body Tuesday in a former Detroit Public Schools warehouse.

The reporter called emergency services Tuesday and told a female operator about the body, the newspaper said. It said a man returned the call to the newsroom about 20 minutes later and said the body would be retrieved.

But the next day, the News said the body was still trapped in the ice. The reporter made two more calls to the emergency services, one of which was disconnected, and a fire department employee arranged to meet the reporter and to get the body, the paper said.

Authorities used saws to extricate the body Wednesday afternoon, the Detroit Free Press and WDIV-TV said. Investigators said they think the body was there for several months. The man's name and the cause of his death were unknown.

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[Beautiful_years 0]

[Jasman0717 9]

That sucks

[Peikko 1,575]

Amby is good at finding the weird stories...

[Amby 490]

Amby is good at finding the weird stories...

I like the really weird stuff

[웃 910]

Nice picture. I was returning home from the Motor City Casino (Detroit) tonight and on the intersection of the service drive and an adjacent street I saw a homeless man holding a sign. It was drawn on a cardboard box and read:

WHY LIE?

I NEED BEER.

I translated the sign to Spanish for my wife and she said let's turn around and give him some money. We looped around and my wife gave him the $5. He was like "You're awesome man. I appreciate it" in a raspy voice. That's my story for the evening. Goodnight!

[MrsCat 6]

Nice picture. I was returning home from the Motor City Casino (Detroit) tonight and on the intersection of the service drive and an adjacent street I saw a homeless man holding a sign. It was drawn on a cardboard box and read:

WHY LIE?

I NEED BEER.

I translated the sign to Spanish for my wife and she said let's turn around and give him some money. We looped around and my wife gave him the $5. He was like "You're awesome man. I appreciate it" in a raspy voice. That's my story for the evening. Goodnight!

That pic is gross.

[Nothing1234 2]

Nice picture. I was returning home from the Motor City Casino (Detroit) tonight and on the intersection of the service drive and an adjacent street I saw a homeless man holding a sign. It was drawn on a cardboard box and read:

WHY LIE?

I NEED BEER.

I translated the sign to Spanish for my wife and she said let's turn around and give him some money. We looped around and my wife gave him the $5. He was like "You're awesome man. I appreciate it" in a raspy voice. That's my story for the evening. Goodnight!

That pic is gross.

Bleck... Totally gross.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

[scandal 951]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

Because it's an article from January.

And it's from a vacant building, presumably with the heat turned off and the pipes frozen.

There seems to be a rash of old posts suddenly getting bumped into activity lately.

Edited May 24, 2009 by uscandual

[Nothing1234 2]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

Because it's an article from January.

And it's from a vacant building, presumably with the heat turned off and the pipes frozen.

There seems to be a rash of old posts suddenly getting bumped into activity lately.

Boredom?

[Nagishkaw 510]

Nice picture. I was returning home from the Motor City Casino (Detroit) tonight and on the intersection of the service drive and an adjacent street I saw a homeless man holding a sign. It was drawn on a cardboard box and read:

WHY LIE?

I NEED BEER.

I translated the sign to Spanish for my wife and she said let's turn around and give him some money. We looped around and my wife gave him the $5. He was like "You're awesome man. I appreciate it" in a raspy voice. That's my story for the evening. Goodnight!

That's what I call bravery.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

Because it's an article from January.

And it's from a vacant building, presumably with the heat turned off and the pipes frozen.

There seems to be a rash of old posts suddenly getting bumped into activity lately.

Ok, but where did all the water come from that turned to ice? That's a lot of ice... a lot of refuse as well.

Nice picture. I was returning home from the Motor City Casino (Detroit) tonight and on the intersection of the service drive and an adjacent street I saw a homeless man holding a sign. It was drawn on a cardboard box and read:

WHY LIE?

I NEED BEER.

I translated the sign to Spanish for my wife and she said let's turn around and give him some money. We looped around and my wife gave him the $5. He was like "You're awesome man. I appreciate it" in a raspy voice. That's my story for the evening. Goodnight!

That's what I call bravery.

At least he's honest. He'd be far more likely to get money from me just for that.

[scandal 951]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

Because it's an article from January.

And it's from a vacant building, presumably with the heat turned off and the pipes frozen.

There seems to be a rash of old posts suddenly getting bumped into activity lately.

Ok, but where did all the water come from that turned to ice? That's a lot of ice... a lot of refuse as well.

Either burst pipes from the water main. Or blowing and drifting snow through an open window or doorway. Or a combination of these.

[Ban Hammer 13,682]

Why is there so much ice in the elevator shaft? Picture reminds me of the trash compactor in Star Wars

Because it's an article from January.

And it's from a vacant building, presumably with the heat turned off and the pipes frozen.

There seems to be a rash of old posts suddenly getting bumped into activity lately.

Ok, but where did all the water come from that turned to ice? That's a lot of ice... a lot of refuse as well.

Either burst pipes from the water main. Or blowing and drifting snow through an open window or doorway. Or a combination of these.

or lots of homeless people pissing there.