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 Police were called to his high-rise apartment at 11th and Wells streets Tuesday. The girlfriend of the 46-year-old man had not been able to reach him for two days, and called police Tuesday asking for an officer to check on him. An officer went to the man's home and entered his apartment with the building manager. A team from the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived soon after and found the man "cold to the touch and in rigor" at the foot of his bed, according to the report from the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office. Paramedics from the Milwaukee Fire Department said Sancomb was "cold to the touch and in rigor," and they did not attempt to resuscitate him, the report said. Sancomb was pronounced dead at 2:10 p.m. at the apartment, forensic investigator Genevieve M. Penn wrote in the report. A transport team arrived to take the body to the morgue, but at about 3 p.m., Thomas Sancomb had "spontaneous respirations" and began moving his left arm and right leg, but no pulse was evident, Penn wrote. "Death was pronounced," and firefighters called the medical examiner, according to the report. Sancomb's pulse returned and he was rushed to Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee. Penn then called Sancomb's brother, John Sancomb, to inform him of the death and the brother requested an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The brother also told medical examiners that the man had a history of occasional cigar smoking and beer drinking but was not involved with street drugs. Assistant Chief Gerard Washington declined to comment because the investigation is ongoing but said it should be concluded by the end of next week.
– Another entry for the not-dead-yet files: A man who had been pronounced dead in Milwaukee began moving around as a medical team was preparing to take him to the morgue, reports WISN. The strange tale of 46-year-old Thomas Sancomb began earlier this week when his worried girlfriend called 911 because she couldn't reach him. A crew from the Fire Department got into his apartment and found him collapsed near the foot of his bed, "cold to the touch and in rigor." He seemed so clearly dead that they didn't try to resuscitate, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. An investigator from the medical examiner's office showed up, and Sancomb was pronounced dead. Authorities called his brother with the news. At that point, a crew from the medical examiner's office arrived to take the body to the morgue when, lo and behold, Sancomb had "spontaneous respirations" and started moving his limbs, reports AP. Paramedics then returned to the scene and took him to the hospital instead of the morgue. His brother says Sancomb is doing better every day, but didn't go into detail. As for the blown medical call: "We're doing an internal investigation to make sure that everything we did followed protocol," says an assistant fire chief. "It's an active investigation, so I can't comment in detail." (This woman actually woke up in the morgue. As did this guy. And this one.)