'He had no next of kin... no family or friends': Tragic end to life of 'loner', 55, whose body was found inside his unit A YEAR after he died
- The body was discovered in the bedroom of his home in Traralgon, Victoria
- No one knew he died until the manager of the unit conducted an inspection
- Victoria Police stated they do not believe the man's death was 'suspicious'
The rotting body of a man with 'no friends or family' has tragically been found inside his unit a year after he died.
The man's remains were found in the bedroom of his home in Traralgon, east of Melbourne, by police on July 4.
His body was only found because his Hyde Park Road unit was due for an annual inspection and the manager of the apartment had been unable to contact the man for three months.
The body of the man was discovered in the bedroom of his home in the Victorian city of Traralgon by police on July 4 (stock image)
Police believe the man had been living with a mental illness before his death.
After discovering milk in the man's fridge dated back to April 2018, police believe the man could have died in February that year.
All of his utilities were still connected and paid for and he had no contact with police before he died.
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The man had moved from Melbourne to the Latrobe Valley unit a few weeks before his death.
Director of Barrier Breakers, Derek Amos, whose organisation secured the funding for the low-income accommodation units, was deeply upset by the news that the man had died.
'I think it's just a tragedy. It should not have happened,' Mr Amos said to the Labro Valley Express on Wednesday.
His body was only found because his Hyde Park Road unit was due for an annual inspection and the manager of the apartment had been unable to contact the man for three months (stock image)
Victoria Police told Daily Mail Australia 'the death is not being treated as suspicious.'
Police said they had barely any information about the man.
'He had no next of kin, no emergency details, no family or friends,' Traralgon Senior Constable Leigh Christensen said.
'People who had spoken to us about him described him as a loner. We know little about this person.'
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