A defector who was once hailed by the media as a successful resettlement case was found dead in her home in Seoul. Authorities believe nearly a year has passed since she died, given how much her corpse had decomposed and the fact that she was found wearing winter clothes. She was 49. According to police in Yangcheon District Tuesday, her body was discovered on Oct. 19 by an official of the Seoul Housing and Communities Corporations, the city-owned public rental house provider, which had tried to contact her about renewing her housing rental contract.