That sounds pretty ominous, and in a lot of respects, it is.

Yesterday was a strange day indeed. While working from home during the building emergency water shut-off, we noticed Police presence next door, and not the typical type.

Here is the reason: the Coroner had arrived to remove the body of one of the people living in the unit next door. It’s a little weird to know that someone had just died next door, just a few feet away:

They are both aged, and have in-home nursing care. I guess when that is the case the Police have to very carefully investigate the death. There were 3 detectives, county Coroner technician and a patrol officer all going over the scene.

When you see detectives leaving with bags of marked evidence, you wonder if something foul had occurred.

We later spoke with the complex maintenance man (for reasons related to the water shutoff), and he confirmed that they believed it to be a simple case of death by natural causes, but they have to impound medications, equipment etc. to make sure no crime was committed. He also confirmed that it was the first death in the building. Hm.. some consolation. :/

It was a very strange day, indeed. Godspeed to our neighbor. I hope they are now in a much better place, and able to get some deserved rest…. and no longer woken up in the middle of the night by the bar patrons across the street… :/