Robert Julius Alton lived alone in a small, one-bed flat opposite a primary school on the outskirts of Bolton town centre. Neighbours say they saw little of him - and knew even less.
So when, sometime in early 2017, they stopped seeing the pensioner on his occasional walks out, they assumed he'd moved away.
In fact Mr Alton, thought to be 70, had died. Tragically, his body would lay undiscovered for six years at the top of the stairs in his Hemsworth Road home until March 9 this year when housing officials forced entry to carry out a gas test. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community It has left many questioning how such a thing could happen in 21st Century Greater Manchester.
Local councillor Linda Thomas told the Manchester Evening News: "It's devastating to think of someone dying like that alone. "It's heartbreaking to think of someone in that situation.
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