Police find man living with deceased fiancé praying for divine intervention

Wichita police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in her home an estimated week after she died. Officers were checking the welfare of the 57-year-old woman in the 1000 block of S. St. Clair after a relative reported they had not spoken to her in a couple weeks.

When they arrived, they were stopped by the woman’s 54-year-old fiancé, who did not want them to enter. “When the officers got there, there was a distinct odour that they smelled, which caused them to want to investigate further,” said Lt. Doug Nolte with the Wichita Police Department.



“We didn't fight him. He was just resistant to let us get past him to get in, so the officers - in their due diligence - detained him to the point where they could get inside and check the welfare.” Police found the woman dead in her bed. They believe she had been there for about a week. Officers do not suspect foul play and say her fiancé had been praying for her.

“He did lead investigators to believe that he was expecting some divine intervention into the reviving of his fiancé,” said Lt. Nolte. An autopsy and toxicology tests will be done on the woman to determine her cause of death. The man was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.