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URBAN LEGENDS : The Corpse In The Mattress	Date Added JUL 2003
A German tourist who complained of a foul odour in his hotel room unwittingly led police to a decomposed corpse under the bed where he spent the night. Saturday, police were still investigating the identity and death of a woman found under a bed at the Travellers Hotel at 4767 NW 36th St. in Miami Springs. A maid found the body Friday morning after the tourist complained of a foul smell as he was checking out. The body was so badly decomposed, investigators have only been able to determine the woman was five feet tall, weighed about 100 pounds and had shoulder length brown hair. She was wearing a blue-green top and lacy black skirt. "It's bizarre," said [police police spokeswoman]. "We don't know how long she was there." [autopsy done Saturday, findings not released] [tourist questioned, cops let him go] "We were looking for the smell," said [hotel housekeeper]. "We thought it came from the roof, but it was in the room." [hotel manager not talking] [life goes on at the hotel, maids, maintenance guys doing their jobs] [another guest says "It's just something that happens. I've enjoyed spending the winter here."] But the news certainly impacted the manager of a nearby hotel with a similar name - the Travelodge Hotel at 5301 NW 36th St. [Travelodge manager asks media not to confuse the name of the hotel where corpse was found. Says "It's been on the news and on the radio. There's concern among guests."]
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