CNN —A 61-year-old Alabama man was arrested after failing to report that he’d been living “for days” with a dead relative in his home, investigators said.
Leandrew Smith Jr. Walker County Sheriff's OfficeThey discovered Smith had been living there without alerting authorities that his relative had died, according to the post.
Walker County Jail authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN.
It is not clear whether Smith has legal representation or how many days the person had been dead in the home.
Investigators are looking into the cause and manner of the person’s death, according to the post.
Persons:
he’d, Leandrew Smith, Leandrew Smith Jr, Smith
Organizations:
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Locations:
Alabama, Walker, Sipsey, Birmingham