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Woman dies after a month trapped in lift

A woman has been found dead after she was trapped in a lift in her apartment building for more than 30 days.
Close-up of an elevator emergency button with red light indicator and "IN EMERGENCY PUSH" text.

Police in the Chinese city of Xian discovered the womanโ€™s body on March 1, surrounded by scratch marks and other signs she had tried desperately to escape her metal tomb.

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It is believed she became trapped in the elevator at the end of January. Maintenance staff in the apartment complex were on leave due to the month-long Lunar New Year festivities and many other residents in the building were away on holidays.

The residents who remained in the building throughout the holiday period used the complexโ€™s other lift, reportedly believing the other one to simply be out of service.

It is not known how the womanโ€™s month-long disappearance went unreported by family or friends.

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