Horror as man buys bargain Connecticut home sight unseen and finds 3 dead bodies inside

If a deal seems too good to be true, perhaps it actually is.Edward Marchion bought a Connecticut home at a foreclosure auction in June — taking a real chance for the spread in affluent Burlington, as the nature of the sale stipulated that bidders could not inspect the interior.And when Marchion entered for the first time — after placing a winning $525,000 bid for the $650,000-valued home — he found three dead bodies inside, according to the Wall Street Journal.The horrific surprise even made its way to TV channel WFSB 3.The skeletal remains, for the two bodies that have been identified, are those of Sally Anne Cash, who would have turned 54 on Monday, and her son Brian, who would have turned 23 this month.

The third body remains under DNA testing for identification; Cash bought the Cape Cod-style residence in 2019 with her husband, Paul.It isn’t clear how they all died or how long they laid inside.Police said the deaths were isolated, that no crime was committed and there’s no threat to the public.

Tests also indicated there was no sign of carbon monoxide.“I don’t know if I’d want the house after that,” Michael NeJaime, who lives nearby, told the Journal.That said, Marchion has asked a court to delay the closing on the home until the police investigation is complete.Before the gruesome discovery, the home’s auction lured in some 20 bidders, all of whom inspected the house to the best of their ability only from the exterior.In general, under foreclosure proceedings, residents are legally allowed to remain in their homes and aren’t required to let others inside before public auctions.After six offers, Marchion was declared the winner of the auction — and even paid a deposit of $82,000 to call the property his own.The house measures 2,800 square feet and stands on more than 2 acres.

The Journal notes it was worth at least twice the amount remaining on its mortgage.“Why would anyone walk away from that?” Christopher Thogmartin, the court-a...