Walter Samasko Jr. was a lonely recluse with a bad ticker who died at his home, where it took days for anyone to complain about the stench coming from his home where his dead body was rotting.
(Editor's Note: Happy Christmas!)
Apparently Samasko didn't have much family--so little that none claimed the body--so his modest home was cleared by local authorities from his hometown. City Clerk Alan Grover was in charge of most of the work and stumbled upon the bounty.
According to ABCNews:
Grover said the coins were in boxes marked "books." There were also coins wrapped in aluminum foil and stored in ammunition boxes. There were Mexican, British and Austrian coins dating as far back as the 1870s.
There was so much gold that Grover used a wheelbarrow to carry the fortune to his truck. The coins were first moved to a bank vault and later moved to armored vehicles.
[...] Using the funeral attendance list from Samasko's mother's funeral (in 1992), Grover tracked down (school teacher Arlene) Magdanz, Samasko's first cousin in San Rafael, Calif.
The total value of the gold is around $7 million, a stark contrast to the $200 in Samasko's bank account when he died.
Arlene Magdanz decidedly has more than $200 in her bank account right now.
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