A dog owner who died in her apartment was found eaten by her pet pugs after lying undiscovered for days.
Adriana Neagoe, 34, had not been heard from for five days before police made the harrowing discovery at her home near Bucharest, Romania.
Officers arrived at the flat in Târgu Jiu with a relative to find Adriana, who went by Anda Sasha, lifeless with her two pugs beside her.
They said that it was clear the unfed dogs had already begun to eat at her corpse.
Ambulance crews confirmed Adriana’s death, noting that there were no apparent signs of violence.
Her body was transported to the Gorj Forensic Medicine Service for an autopsy to determine her cause of death.
‘Another angel has gone to heaven,’ her sister, Maria Alexandra, said in a heartbreaking post on social media, confirming the death.
‘My beautiful sister Anda Sasha is no longer among us.’
Police have opened an investigation and are exploring all avenues to figure out what happened to Anda.
Due to the position she was found in, there were signs of cadaveric livity, also known as livor mortis.
This term describes the pooling of blood in the lowest parts of the body after death, and it causes a discolouration of the skin ranging from pink to dark purple.
Officers went to the flat after receiving a call from a relative expressing concern that Adriana was not answering her phone and had not answered the door in nearly a week.
They said the relative went with them to the flat, where they made the horrifying discovery.
According to police, firefighters helped to force the locked door of the woman’s home open.
After finding Adriana, police issued a shelter order for the two dogs, and they were taken by workers from the Gorj County Council.
People on social media were quick to offer their condolences to Anda’s family and expressed their shock.
Daniel said: ‘Condolences, I can’t believe it. I am so sorry.’
Roby added: ‘What is this life, today you are and tomorrow you are not. What a pity for her youth. May God rest her soul in peace.’
‘I don’t believe what just happened,’ said Alysa.
Mara also wrote: ‘I am devastated! May God protect her and give you the strength to overcome. Please let me know if I can help with anything. Condolences.’
Elena said: ‘My deepest condolences to you! I am in shock! What happened to her?’
In 2013, an animal lover who died at her home in Hampshire, UK, was discovered having been eaten by her own cats.
The 56-year-old woman was sadly discovered dead on the kitchen floor of her home in Ringwood on April 4, 2013.
Neighbours had raised the alarm having not seen her for some time and noticing that her letterbox was overflowing, Southampton Coroner’s Court was told.
Police found ‘a distressing scene’. There were a number of dead animals – including a cat and a dog – in the kitchen and living room, but others had survived.
It was believed that the hungry animals had begun to eat their owner after being left without food for months.
Recording a death from natural causes, coroner Keith Wiseman said: ‘These animals had been, the officer thought, confined in these two rooms downstairs for what may well have been a period of many weeks, stretching quite possibly into several months.’
He added: ‘This too was a distressing experience because it was clear that certain parts of [the] body were missing and had, the officer formed the view, effectively been gnawed and eaten away by the animals.
‘One can only imagine the difficulty with the scene the officer was having to deal with.’
Mr Wiseman concluded the deceased had been eaten by her cats after she died as her body lay in the kitchen for weeks.
She had suffered from various chest conditions in the past, it was heard.
