tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16767266.post-1130519094148758892005-10-28T12:52:00.000-04:002005-10-28T14:03:33.646-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5918/1600/1600/halloween.2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5918/1600/320/halloween.2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>FREDERICA, Del.- The apparent suicide of a woman hanging from a tree went unreported for hours because passers-by thought the body was a Halloween decoration, authorities said. The 42 year old woman used rope to hang herself across from the street from some homes on a moderately busy road late Tuesday or early Wednesday, state police said. The body, suspended about 15 feet above the ground, could easily be seen from passing vehicles. State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham and neighbors said people noticed the body at breakfast time Wednesday but dismissed it as a holiday prank. Authorities were called to the scene more than three hours later. They thought it was a holiday decoration," Fay Glanden, wife of mayor William Glanden, told The (Wilmington) News Journal.<br /><br />This story is brought to you by Yahoo News. Check out the full story at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051027/ap_on_us/brf_woman_hangedRon Mexiconoreply@blogger.com