Is there anyway the neighbors could chip in and have the grass cut and have someone take away the dead critter? CYV's yards aren't very big. That is what we would do in Ohio. Maybe doing it without permission, since no one is watching. Kind of a form of caring for a neighbor.
Don't pick on West Virginia. Our oncologist calls it "The Motherland" and Helene and I call that doctor, Saint Randy.
West Virginia is a lot of people's loved home.