I just had a villager to vanish too. When I went to bed last night, I had 10 villagers. I left the game running in high speed (that was STUPID!). When I got up this morning, it said I only had 6 villagers left. I found out 3 had died and were buried, but there is no sign of the missing 4th villager. So is it possible for the villagers to die & completely decompose, before they get buried?? Usually all I see is a pile of bones.