Problem Deleting User Account

I was deleting a user account (securely) and it was taking forever (about 24 hours). I force shut down the computer and restarted it. The account has gone from the System Preferences/Users; however, the files are still on the system as there is not enough space on the hard drive for the task to have completed. This was an Admin account and I’m using Mavericks 10.9.3.
How do I locate the folder and remove this other account? Help much appreciated. Thank you.

- open Finder
- on the menu bar: Go -> Go to Folder ...
- in the new window enter: /Users
Here you will find all home folders of all users on the system. Delete the home folder of the user in question.

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