Homebuyer Snags Neglected Property in Connecticut Only to Discover Three Sets of Skeletal Remains in Foreclosed House

A homebuyer in Connecticut made a grisly discovery after entering the property and finding three sets of human remains inside. The property had previously been foreclosed and had been left neglected for months prior to being purchased at auction.

The property on Stanwich Lane in Burlington was purchased for $525,000 by Edward Marchion at a June 6 auction. The new owners of the property discovered the remains on Sunday June 14. State troopers were called out to the property around 5 p.m. local time.

So far, two sets of remains have been identified with one set belonging to a 54-year-old woman called Sally Ann Cash, and the second belonging to her 22-year-old son, Brian Cash. The third set of remains have yet to be identified.

The cause of death for the victims is also yet to be determined, an expert for the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed with PEOPLE. However, authorities currently believe that there is no evidence to suggest there was any criminal activity.

The history of the Connecticut property

According to PEOPLE the property was constructed back in 2002. Before it was foreclosed one of the victims, Sally Ann Cash, and her husband Paul Cash secured a loan of $400,000. The family reportedly bought the home in 2019 as per the Independent but the property is now being held by Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing.

Court documents indicated that “the premises was in an obvious state of neglect,” but that there were still signs of life at the seemingly abandoned property with there being “two newly erected signs reading ‘Keep Out’ and ‘Owner Occupied Premises.’”

A state trooper reportedly visited the property to deliver a summons in August 2025 and by March of this year the house was foreclosed after the owners failed to appear in court. In the Winter of 2021 the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department was called to the property three times and once again in May of this year in relation to an alarm but the property was believed to be vacant.

The Fire Department did not enter the residence but there were efforts made by law enforcement to contact the company managing the property.

Attorney Christopher Thogmartin, who was appointed to conduct the auction told PEOPLE that he asked the court to extend the deadlines “due to the possibility of an invalid sale.” He went on to claim “The owners would have had to have been deceased back in August of 2025, when the bank filed a notice of lis pendens on the land records.”

The investigation into the incident is currently ongoing but state police have assured the public that it seems to have been an “isolated incident” with there being “no danger to the public at this time.”

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