A new homeowner in Burlington, Connecticut, reportedly discovered the skeletal remains of three people inside a house purchased “as is” at a foreclosure auction earlier this month. According to Connecticut State Police, cited by CT Insider, the resident called 911 on Sunday after finding the remains inside the home on Stanwich Lane. Brobible reported that the four-bedroom house was built in 2002 and sits on more than two acres. At the time of the purchase, the property was reportedly overgrown with dense grass, weeds, and plants. Town records show Paul and Sally Anne Cash paid more than $800,000 for the home in 2019. Court records indicate that foreclosure proceedings on the property began on August 1, 2025, and the owners had apparently been notified by their mortgage servicer that the property was in default, which initiated the foreclosure process. Marshal could not reach the occupants before the auction The foreclosure notice is reportedly delivered by postal service to a post office box at a UPS store in Avon, located roughly thirty minutes from the Burlington residence. A state marshal reportedly attempted to serve the Cashes at the Stanwich Lane home on August 18, 2025, but was unable to do so. The marshal said he had to “climb over the balcony to get to the door because the trees were overgrown.” He also said that nobody answered when he knocked on the front door. A neighbor reportedly told him that the occupants had not been seen “in years” and that the property had been abandoned for at least a year. Unidentified human remains turning up in unexpected places is not unique to this case, as seen in body parts found in a New York park, where investigators faced a similar identification challenge. According to CT Insider, Christopher H. Thogmartin, the court-appointed attorney handling the foreclosure, filed a motion on Tuesday questioning the validity of the court’s ruling in light of the findings. “While a disturbing mystery in and of itself, the discovery of these human remains poses a possible question as to the validity of the foreclosure judgment, depending upon the identity of the bodies and the time of death,” Thogmartin wrote in the motion. He further stated, “Given the question as to the possible validity of the underlying judgment, the undersigned committee respectfully asks the court for direction regarding adherence to the deadlines prescribed in the3 court’s standing orders.” According to Thogmartin’s filing, the property showed signs of neglect, but two signs reading “Keep Out” and “Owner Occupied Premises” had been installed recently. He also said that there was “no indication of anything suspicious and no indication of any criminal aspect.” Investigators have said the three individuals may have been dead for several months. As of Tuesday morning, the identities of the three people had not yet been verified, according to state police. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner had also not yet determined the causes of death as of that time. Discovering a body unexpectedly can lead to confusing situations, as shown when an American tourist found a body in Italy under circumstances that initially appeared very different from what they turned out to be. The case is being investigated by detectives with the Connecticut State Police’s Western District Major Crime unit, and according to state police, no further details about the circumstances surrounding the deaths have been released by authorities at this time.