"He could have gotten help and survived." A Nizhny Novgorod resident spent a week dying behind closed doors; police refused to open the door.
On March 14, 56-year-old Dmitry Morozov flooded his downstairs neighbors. They called the housing and utilities department and the police, but the neighbor didn't answer the door. Suspecting something was wrong, the neighbors asked the police to break down the door, but they refused. They entered the apartment almost three weeks later. The owner was long dead.
Since March 14, neighbors had been calling the police almost daily, but they hadn't responded. The residents of the building were forced to find Morozov's ex-wife and son on their own. They called the police again, as well as journalists from the "Kstati" program. By that time, a foul odor had begun to permeate the building. Only then did the local police officer break down the door.
"Maybe he went to the bathroom to wash himself and fell. Anything can happen, he lives alone. Maybe we could help him," he said in a conversation with journalists from the "By the Way" program. prelaid down Senior housekeeper Irina Biryukova.
The examination established that Morozov lay on the floor in a helpless state for a week and died on March 22.
"He just lay there. He could have had a stroke; he felt ill and lost consciousness. No one could help him because the police refused to open the apartment, even though the neighbors begged them to," commented Alexander Morozov, the deceased's brother.
Ivan, his son, reported the police's words from neighbors: "They arrived on the 14th and said that since there was no cadaveric smell, there was nothing they could do. They could have found relatives, but they say they have no database. After all, the neighbors found them, so they could have done the same."
The police department has not yet provided any comment.
The deceased was buried on April 3.
Photo: screenshot from the "By the Way" segment
