Cleaners discover ‘mummified’ body wrapped in carpet in suburban home

FORENSIC officers are continuing to comb through a suburban Sydney home today, where a mummified body was discovered wrapped in carpet.

Police were called to the empty home on Greendale Street in Greenwich on Tuesday, after cleaners made the grisly discovery while trying to tidy up the house for the owners.

The body has not yet been identified and police are treating the death as suspicious.

“It’s believed the body has been at the home for a considerable time and a post mortem is being conducted this afternoon to establish the cause of death and gender,” a police statement said.

Police dogs have been brought in to search a deceased estate at #Greenwich after a mummified body was found by cleaners on Tuesday. Police say body has not been identified and death is being treated as suspicious @9NewsSyd pic.twitter.com/0pLJmEePuX

— Zara James (@Zara_James9) May 31, 2018

It’s understood the former occupant of the house, who died last year, was a hoarder.

According to ABC, police are investigating whether he had anything to do with the body which was found ‘mummified’.

A crime scene has been established and an investigation has been launched in an attempt to identify the circumstances surrounding the death.

Forensic specialists have returned to the #Greenwich home where a body was discovered on Tuesday. Police believe the person was murdered. @7NewsSydney pic.twitter.com/STevxZIzMK

— Natasha Squarey (@NatashaSquarey) June 1, 2018

Police are urging anyone who may know the identity of the deceased, or who has information that may assist, to come forward.

If you have information for Police, please contact NSW Police on 131 444 or provide information using their online form 24 hours per day. 

You can report also information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers by calling 1800 333 000 or via nsw.crimestoppers.com.au 24 hours per day. Crime Stoppers is a registered charity and community volunteer organisation.