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Florida man fired after mistaking corpse for mannequin | Florida man fired after mistaking corpse for mannequin |
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A Florida apartment concierge who mistook the dead body of a 96-year-old resident for a mannequin has been fired, local media report. | A Florida apartment concierge who mistook the dead body of a 96-year-old resident for a mannequin has been fired, local media report. |
The man thought the corpse was part of an April Fools' Day joke when he saw it early on Tuesday in the city of St Petersburg. | |
Police say the elderly woman, Nancy Yates, had jumped from her 16th-floor balcony and left a suicide note. | Police say the elderly woman, Nancy Yates, had jumped from her 16th-floor balcony and left a suicide note. |
Police are reportedly trying to contact her relative, who lives in England. | Police are reportedly trying to contact her relative, who lives in England. |
The concierge sought the help of a newspaper delivery woman and her son to move the body to a bin, where it was found hours later by a janitor. | The concierge sought the help of a newspaper delivery woman and her son to move the body to a bin, where it was found hours later by a janitor. |
Officials say the concierge will not be charged because detectives believe he sincerely thought the woman's body was a mannequin, the Tampa Bay Times reports. | |
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