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Dead Mostafa Zayed's Neighbors Said He was Halloween Decoration

by Amy Judd | October 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed had been dead for three days on his Marina del Ray balcony from a single gunshot wound to one eye, but his neighbors didn't call the police because they thought he was a Halloween decoration.

The 75-year-old man was slumped over a chair on the balcony of his apartment on the 13900 block of Bora Bora Way but his neighbors thought he was part of a Halloween display so they didn't do anything about it.

"The body was in plain view of the entire apartment complex [and] they all didn’t do anything,” Raishbrook said. “It’s very strange. It did look unreal, to be honest.”

Police will examine the body today to determine exactly what happened to Mostafa Zayed.

According to the Toronto Star, the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.

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Hugh Askew

at 13:15 on October 16th, 2009

Amy, this is beyond comment. Way beyond.

merlingraycat

at 13:23 on October 16th, 2009

Bizzarre.

Polprav (not verified)

at 14:52 on October 16th, 2009

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

Amy Judd

at 16:01 on October 16th, 2009

If you link back, I guess that's ok

QueensHart

at 15:58 on October 16th, 2009

No Neighbor Hood watch there.

jazzyzazzy

at 07:35 on October 20th, 2009

its a case of turning a blind eye.

Aliaa (not verified)

at 11:26 on October 21st, 2009

isthis bit of news really true? I can't believe this could happen. How heartless

master_jim2008

at 17:34 on November 2nd, 2009

For Marina del Ray, it doesn't surprise me. I know the area quite well. The people there are, well shall we say, self absorbed???

Cheap Charlies (not verified)

at 19:02 on November 2nd, 2009

Next year he can be a skelton John Doe if they leave him there like some people do with the Christmas Decorations.

aliaa zayed (not verified)

at 01:23 on November 19th, 2009

Please could you take this item out of your archive. this is not a funny story. It is sad and traumatic to everybody who knew this person. He was a well respected person among his family and among his scholar friends. He committed suicide because of financial scams. Please could ibeg you to remove this item from your archives, because it can hurt a lot of peoplethank you