Just a simple 'Hello, neighbour' could save a life

By Tom McIlroy
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:08pm, first published March 22 2012 - 1:39pm
GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR: Wendouree West resident Sarah Schoefbaemker and Senior Constable Janine Walker in Wattle Avenue where a house, occupied by a woman who died a lonely death, stood until a few months ago. Picture: Kate Healy
GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR: Wendouree West resident Sarah Schoefbaemker and Senior Constable Janine Walker in Wattle Avenue where a house, occupied by a woman who died a lonely death, stood until a few months ago. Picture: Kate Healy

NEIGHBOURS noticed the growing pile of mail outside the home in Wattle Avenue Wendouree, but no one had seen the elderly woman who lived there for some time.

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