A man in his 20s with an intellectual disability was found dead at home several days after he died, in a household where every member has an intellectual disability.
According to Seoul's Jungnang Police Station on the 14th, the man, identified only by his surname A, was found dead at a house in Jungnang District on Aug. 6.
Police were called to the scene after A's younger brother reported that "A is not moving," and officers found the body already in a state of decomposition.
Investigators believe A died two to three days before he was found. Police concluded there was no criminal involvement, and an autopsy by the National Forensic Service determined the cause of death to be acute cardiac failure (sudden cardiac death).
A, the eldest son, had been living with his mother and younger brother, but because all of the family members have intellectual disabilities, they did not immediately realize he had died, according to the investigation.
