Couple plagued by awful smell after neighbor's body decomposes in backyard

PHOENIX — An Ahwatukee couple says they have run out of options trying to escape a foul odor that has plagued their neighborhood for years—and most recently intensified after their neighbor was found dead in her backyard.

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Al and Michelle Daub moved to their Ahwatukee Foothills neighborhood four years ago, believing they were settling into a peaceful community. Instead, they quickly discovered their next-door neighbor, a woman in her late 60s to early 70s, was living in hoarding conditions.

“It started with a mound of used food cans crawling with cockroaches and scorpions,” Michelle recalled. “Over the years, it’s progressed to pil