My Brother Was Next Of Kin For Our Brother He Suffers From Health Issues Our Brother Died Suddenly

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PLEASE BEAR WITH ME IM NEW AT THIS IT SEEMS MY LAST ATTEMPT TO GET HELP WITH THIS QUESTION WASNT VERY CLEAR AND I PUT IT IN THE WRONG CATEGORY I HAVE JUST LOST MY 2brothers in the space of 3weeks and to add to this my youngest brother paul who died first was a sudden death in his home he had drug resistant epilepsy it couldnt be managed and had several seizures a week needless to say i was in contact with him daily by phone and txt so that i knew he was ok,i last spoke to my bro on the phone around 10pm on the 4th of jan the next day i txt him to ask if he was ok i didnt get a txt back i phoned at the same time that night his phone went straight to ans machine i thought he hadnt charged it left it till the next day phoned ans mchn again trying not to think the worst i asked my son to drive me to his flat if he had lost his phn he wouldnt have my no i wrote him a note adding my phone number in case he was out we knocked the door called out through the letterbox no reply i put the note throough the door and waited at home for a call i had decided if he didnt i would go to the police it had been 6days since we spoke the next day a worried support worker had the police break in my brother had been dead for a few days 4yrs ago my brother put my other brothers name as next of kin at a hospital he attended but 2yrs ago my second brother had 4strokes in 2mnths affecting parts of his brain he had another a few months later this one did a lot of damage he was unable to eat chew food normally his food was liquidised and fed through a tube his speach was affected he lost thepower in his arms&legs in a short time he couldnt walk his wife at the time who we didnt realy know said she couldnt have him at home she had her own probs shes a alcaholic put my brother who was at that time only 50into a old folks care home seldom visited only when she was drunk to cut this story short when the police found my brother they did a next of kin check it hadnt been updated to me we forgot the address was his home address where his wife lived when they went to his home address this woman told them my brother was in a care home im sure the police would have asked her if there was another blood relative of the deseased she knew there was me but obviously didnt tell the police they gave her my brothers house and said a post mortem would be done 5days later this woman had not informed me of my brothers death the post mortem findings were given to her also my brother was in the priesthood for 12yrs he left to go to university to get his masters degree in science&phd in biology and became a teacher in a college in manchester when the epilepsy and the seizures begain 6yrs ago he had to give up teaching it affrcted his memory and concentration the embaressment when he was incontinent during seizures at college made it impossible to stay at work he came home to glasgow he needed support 4yrs ago our mum died feb 2015 john was in a care home my 2sons and i were happy to support paul and include him in the family he had just been housed by govan housing association pauls start to have a settled secure life he used his life savings to furnish it he had been in a furnished flat he had numerous big boxes that held his possesions he brought from manchester in some of the boxes there were things he had kept from his time as a priest photographs of his ordination and awards he had recieved in another box he had keepsakes of my mums pieces of jewelry that belonged to my mum and sister who died 11yrs ago and family albums that had photos of my oldest son growing up he died 8yrs ago his diplomas degree legal documents passport etc were in boxes in his flat i was told about my brothers death by a friend a priest whose phone number this woman got from my brothers phone after she and some of her friends emptied everything in his flat into a removal van and took it away she posted the keys to the hsing assoc she sold everything of value then phoned the friend of my bros father e

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If he was married [ and his appointed next of kin had died] then the wife was within her rights to pack up the house, sell what wasn't required by her etc.