Originally published Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM
90-year-old living with siblings' bodies
A 90-year-old woman apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of her three siblings, one of whom may have been dead ince the early 1980s, police in suburban Chicago said.
EVANSTON, Ill. — A 90-year-old woman apparently has been living in a house with the bodies of her three siblings, one of whom may have been dead since the early 1980s, police in suburban Chicago said.
The bodies were found Friday morning after an advocate called police, said Evanston police Cmdr. Tom Guenther.
The woman was taken to a hospital for observation. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said Saturday that the siblings had died of natural causes, but it would not say how long they had been dead.
The office has identified the dead as Anita Bernstorff, who was born in 1910, Elaine Bernstorff, born in 1916, and Frank Bernstorff, born in 1920. Anita Bernstorff was last seen alive in May 2008, Frank Bernstorff in 2003 and Elaine Bernstorff in the early 1980s.
Neighbors described the woman as alert and aware, and they said she was well-liked.
One longtime resident said the woman explained away her siblings' absence by telling neighbors her brother had gone to live with other relatives and that one of her sisters was agoraphobic.
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