Hog in Detroit hoarder’s basement probably wasn’t fed dead prostitutes, police say

Photo of Cpl. Parker provided by the Devoted Barn

Photo of Cpl. Parker, a hog rescued from a Detroit-area warehouse after its owner's death in 2015. The photo was provided by the Devoted Barn.

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DETROIT -- Days after a hoarder died in 2015, a horrific stench hung over his Detroit neighborhood.

The stink was emanating from one of several blighted homes owned by Gary Roquemore prior to his death.

Snooping neighbors honed in on the source -- Roquemore’s basement. There they discovered a 500-pound Yorkshire hog wallowing in nearly two feet of its own excrement. Roquemore had removed the stairs, thereby creating his own personal pig pit.

If the hog’s discovery wasn’t alarming enough, neighbors told Detroit police the pig had an odd diet. And it consisted of human flesh.

“Cellar Swine” is the latest episode from season two of MLive’s Michigan Crime Stories podcast.

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