Florida man buys foreclosed home, finds body inside

CAPE CORAL, FL (KTRK) -- A southwest Florida man found a body inside a foreclosed house he purchased at an auction.

The News-Press of Fort Myers reports Cape Coral resident William Wilson bought the light pink house for $96,000 on Tuesday. When he went to evaluate his purchase Wednesday, he found a corpse on the master bedroom floor.

"The inside was a mess," Wilson told the News-Press. "It looked like (someone) was packing to move. There were a lot of boxes, some pictures of children on the fridge."

Cape Coral police cordoned off the property and began a death investigation.

Neighbors told the newspaper two sisters had lived in the home but no one had seen them for a while. Police told Wilson the most recent piece of mail was from November 2011 and unpaid property taxes went back three years.

The city had even mowed the lawn a handful of times and treated it like any other vacant home, but no one ever went inside.

Wilson said. "It's disappointing and a sad thing that nobody cared enough to check," Wilson said.

Wilson now has to decide what to do with the house and its contents.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.