"Discovery of long-dead twins stirs intrigue" | Associated Press April 08, 2014
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The discovery of the skeletal remains of twin brothers Andrew and Anthony Johnson has mystified people in Chattanooga and beyond.
Each man was found seated in an easy chair inside the modest home they shared for decades, and where they apparently died together about three years ago, with no obvious signs of foul play.
Even while they were alive, though, the 63-year-old twins were something of a mystery to neighbors, who occasionally saw them wearing surgical masks while gardening but never saw them with visitors.
‘‘I didn’t even know their names,’’ said retiree Linda Maffett, who lived across the street.
Police went to the home March 29 after being asked to check on the brothers by a relative who had a key. Officers found the twins’ decomposing bodies in recliners in the living room. Their conditions suggested that both men had been dead since 2011.
An autopsy helped confirm their identities, but preliminary results revealed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play, police said.
Neighbors said they had not seen the brothers in at least a couple of years.
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