It appears that a Las Vegas woman believed to have been missing for several months has been found dead in her own home. Police reportedly searched the home several times, but had not located Billie Jean James because her home was filled with clutter. The sixty seven year old was a reportedly a hoarder and news of her husband now finding her remains is trending high on Wowd news.
MSN.com reports, "Four months after she went missing, the body of Billie Jean James, 67, was found under piles of floor-to-ceiling clutter in her Las Vegas home."
Billie Jean disappeared from her south valley home in April. Her husband said he took a nap, and when he woke up she was gone. Since April there have been several organized searches in the desert near her home, according to KTNV.TV
MyNews 3 reports,"The coroner has officially confirmed that the human remains Bill James found inside his home are that of his wife, Billie Jean. The official cause of death has not yet been determined; this could take between 4 and 12 weeks.
Billie Jeans husband apparently found his wife's body and is reportedly upset with the way the media is depicting his wife as a hoarder. KTNV-TV reports, "Bill James, who called police, after finding his wife's remains, is speaking out tonight. He is extremely upset with the way many in the community have been criticizing their life style.
According to James, the amount of clutter inside the home he shared with Billie Jean, has been exaggerated. And says people have done nothing but pry into their living conditions, once it was made public that Billie Jean's remains had been located in the house."
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Hoarding is a serious condition that unfortunately goes unchecked in a lot of cases because of a feeling that to say anything would be disloyal to the afflicted. But, like all forms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which hoarding is, it NEVER GOES AWAY. It does not get better with time, and it does not fix itself.
A little bit of embarrassment is a small price to pay for the vastly improved life the afflicted and their family will live, compared to the lifetime of hidden torment faced by the afflicted and all their loved ones will face if it's left alone.
Agreed- having some experience with OCD I understand the conflict that the families of the hoarders face. On the one hand, you love the person dearly- and on the other hand, the disorder makes you completely crazy and angry and feel like you'd rather just be alone, because as long as it's in the picture, nothing can ever be normal for you. A condition like that becomes not only 1 persons disorder, but an entire familys disorder.
Sorry but if you can't locate a DEAD BODY in your own home - You're a HORDER, plain and simple.
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