Dude leaves dead woman in comforter, 4 days

A Miami man faces a charge of failing to report a dead body -- that of a woman who lay in his condo for nearly four days.

For four long, hot days, police say, Angel Pichel hid a gruesome secret inside his fishing-themed Coconut Grove condo: the woman who died in her sleep after a night of partying with him.

Not knowing what to do, Pichel told police, he wrapped her body in a comforter and left her in the living room. By the time detectives found the body, it had decomposed beyond recognition.

No foul play is suspected, says the Miami homicide unit, which arrested the fishing boat mechanic on a misdemeanor charge of failing to report a dead body. ''He just continued going to work like nothing at all,'' said Miami Sgt. Eunice Cooper.

The case unfolded when an anonymous woman called the homicide unit Monday evening saying Pichel had been asking around for a way to dispose of a body.

Pichel said he met the woman at a Northwest Miami bar Thursday night and that they had gone back to his condo in the 3000 block of Southwest 27th Avenue, where they did drugs. On Friday morning, Pichel woke up and left briefly. ''He said he thought she was asleep. When he returned, he found her dead. He wrapped her in a comforter and placed her on the floor of [the] living room,'' lead homicide Detective Kevin Ruggiero wrote in his arrest report. Article here.