Loneliness in Berlin; Daily discovery of bodies in apartments

Ahmad Shaker Sun Aug 2025 3 months ago 359

These individuals have usually passed away in isolation and far from family and neighbors, and it sometimes takes weeks, months, or even years for their deaths to be discovered.


For example, the body of a 48-year-old woman in the Tempelhof district was discovered after two years; no one had followed up on her during that time, and her body was found in the bathroom of her home.


Also, in December 2018, employees of a real estate company, while clearing out an apartment in the Marzahn district, came across the decomposing body of a man who is estimated to have died four years earlier, in 2014.


Forensic doctors say that environmental conditions after death determine how the body changes; sometimes the body becomes dry and stiff, and instead of decaying, it turns into a mummified state, a condition that makes it less susceptible to insect attacks.


Philipp Müller, 36 years old and a forensic medicine specialist in Berlin, has emphasized: "We encounter such cases almost every day." He, who has worked for more than ten years at the Institute of Legal Medicine, sees these cases as a reflection of the bitter face of loneliness in big cities.


Approximately 38,000 people die in Berlin each year, of which only 2,400 cases are subjected to autopsy. Based on statistics, only five percent of deaths are due to murder, and most cases are related to accidents, addiction, or other factors.


On the other hand, data from the Federal Statistical Office shows that more than half of Berlin's adult population is single. Their number is estimated at about 1.2 million people, and this trend continues to increase. In contrast, 30 percent are married and only five percent are divorced. The highest number of singles live in the Pankow and Mitte districts, while Spandau has the lowest rate.

The Tagesspiegel newspaper has reported that in Berlin, police or forensic doctors encounter bodies almost every day that have been left to themselves in apartments; bodies that are found in a decomposed, mummified, or skeletal state.

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