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Authorities identify body of mummified man
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PHOENIX - A man whose mummified body was found in the bathtub of a rental cottage in February has been identified, authorities said.
The body is that of the home's renter, Richard Olejnik, who was last seen about seven years ago, police said Thursday.
Police were not calling the death a homicide or seeking homicide charges because the body was simply too decomposed to determine the cause or manner of death.
An investigation revealed that Olejnik had been dead for at least six years, according to police who said Olejnik was likely about 50 years old when he died.
Another man identified as 58-year-old Larry Allen took up residence in Olejnik's home and allegedly used Olejnik's identity to forge documents.
Allen faces charges in connection with 17 counts of forgery and criminal impersonation and one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices, according to an indictment from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.
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