Woman found dead in Georgia mall had been deceased 2 weeks

Silling Man, 19, was found dead before Christmas at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, Ga. (GWINNETT POLICE DEPT)

A missing woman was found dead in a Georgia mall where she had been decomposing for about two weeks, authorities said.

Silling Man, a 19-year-old Georgia State University student, was found in an empty food-vendor space at Gwinnett Place Mall Duluth on Dec. 21, police in Gwinnett County said Wednesday.

A maintenance worker was doing a routine check of the space when he found a woman's body in the back room, cops said.

The cause of her death wasn’t released, but her body was “in an advanced state of decomposition,” read an incident report obtained by the Gwinnett Daily Post.

A family member previously reported Man missing on Oct. 8, but she returned home after an investigator was assigned to her case, cops said.

Man ran away again two days later after the case was closed, cops said. A second missing person report wasn’t filed.

However, she went to pick up her last paycheck at the Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody on Nov. 20, police said.

Man’s death remains under investigation, and it hasn’t been ruled a homicide.

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