New homeowner left shocked after finding remains of three people in Connecticut home

An American homebuyer was left in shock after discovering three skeletal remains inside his new Connecticut home — with the strange finding leaving the man at risk of losing the house.

Burlington local Edward Marchion had purchased the Stanwich Lane four-bedroom dwelling during a foreclosure auction on June 6, with the premises being sold “as is”.

Mr Marchion’s first look at the newly-bought home on Sunday, two weeks after buying it, quickly turned into a scene straight out of a horror movie when he stumbled on several sets of human remains inside the property.

State troopers raced to the Burlington premises after the macabre discovery, with Connecticut police later telling local media that there was no indication that anything suspicious had taken place.

“This appears to be an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public at this time,” a spokesperson for the department said.

The medical examiner is yet to determine the identities of the remains or the causes of death — with authorities working to track down the previous owners of the home.

Built on over two acres of land, the four-bedroom house was previously purchased in 2019 by Paul and Sally Anne Cash.

The couple had defaulted on their mortgage payments by December 2024, with local media reporting that a foreclosure on the house had been initiated in early 2025.

Connecticut State Marshall Grant Carragher had previously attempted to serve the Cashes with a foreclosure notice in August 2025 but was unable to due to the dilapidated state of the Stanwich Lane property.

“I had to climb over the balcony to get to the door because the trees were overgrown. I couldn’t get into the pathway,” he told local news.

Mr Carragher said the property appeared abandoned, with neighbours telling him they hadn’t seen the Cashes “in years”.

Due to a lack of communication from the couple, the court ruled in favour of auctioning the home in late March.

The startling discovery of bodies inside the home has spurred questions on the validity of the auction from Christopher Thogmartin, the court-appointed attorney heading the foreclosure .

“The discovery of these human remains poses a possible question on the validity of the foreclosure judgement,” Mr Thogmartin said in a motion to the court.

“Given the question as to the possible validity of the underlying judgement, the undersigned committee respectfully asks the court for direction regarding adherence to the deadlines prescribed in the court’s standing orders.”

If the bodies inside the home are determined to belong to the Cashes, Mr Thogmartin argued the couple’s heirs might have been denied a chance to stand in court proceedings against the sale.

Local authorities say it is unclear whether anyone involved in the auction had entered the property’s interior prior to its sale.

Detectives with the Western District Major Crime unit are continuing their investigations.