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Texas man reports foul smell permeating his entire home — police make gruesome discovery next door

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Texas police say that the decomposing body of a 68-year-old man would have gone undiscovered if his neighbor had not reported the foul smell permeating his home. The neighbor, who only wanted to be identified as Lekan, resorted to calling on KHOU-TV to seek relief from the odor that has driven him from his condominium unit. Bizarrely, the unit where the man died is not adjacent to Lekan's unit, and it is a mystery as to how the odor is spreading to his home. Lekan said that he noticed flies and an odor when he returned from a work trip on Friday to the One Orleans Place condo community near Jeanetta Street in Houston. "I saw flies by the door, and then I was wondering what's there," he said. "So I got closer. I could smell the stench." The odor continued through the weekend and forced Lekan to call his landlady, call the HOA, and eventually dial up 911. Firefighters searched the building and found the decomposing body of his neighbor, according to police. There were no signs of foul pl