Now it's getting *weird*

...or maybe "tragic" or maybe something else entirely, but it is turning into a damned Greek play.

Police discover decomposing body in home

Officers responding to check the welfare of an elderly woman this afternoon discovered a body in the home that had been decomposing since March, police said.

Maj. John Sidwell said officers responded at about 1:30 p.m. to the home at 316 S.W. Hillside Ave. to check on an 82-year-old woman who hadn't been seen in two days. Officers entered the home and found the woman unresponsive inside, Sidwell said.

During the investigation, officers found the decomposed body of a woman in another room. Sidwell said the woman likely died in March.

The address is Juanita Smith's, 86-year-old would-be survivor of the Bataan Death March (according to previous stories). Either there's an age correction going on here -- which is more than possible -- or things just got even weirder.

ETA: Today's story sheds more light on things, including making the Smith connection official:

Rhone said police officers told him the corpse was that of a woman Smith told neighbors was her daughter. He said the younger woman had driven Smith to work for years -- coming and going "like clockwork" at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. -- but stopped in March.

When asked about the younger woman's absence, neighbors said, Smith told them her daughter had moved to Lincoln, Neb., to attend school.

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Various ages have been listed for Smith. In the May 2 story, she gave her age as 86.