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Woman Drove Around With Corpse For Nearly a Year
KTLA-TV, Los Angeles ^ | October 21, 2010 | KTLA News

Posted on 10/21/2010 5:36:21 PM PDT by Beaten Valve

COSTA MESA -- A woman drove around with a decomposing corpse for months before the body was discovered by police.

Officers made the gruesome discovery on Monday while responding to a report of an illegally parked car.

Police say the woman tried to cover the mummified corpse with pieces of clothing.

The car was blocking a driveway in the 2000 block of Tustin Avenue in Costa Mesa.

Officers could smell a foul odor coming from the car, and after seeing a leg underneath the clothing, broke a window to get access inside.

Inside the car, officers also found a box of baking soda that the driver used to try to dissipate the smell.

Costa Mesa police believe the body is that a transient woman in her 50's from Fountain Valley.

The driver of the car says she befriended the woman at a local park and allowed her to sleep in the car overnight.

When she found the woman had died, she continued to drive the car with the body, said Sgt. Ed Everett.

The driver told police she was afraid to contact police about the body, so she continued to drive the car.

An autopsy has revealed no obvious signs of foul play.

Officials believe the woman had been dead anywhere from three to 10 months, Everett said.


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: body; car; corpse; weekendatbernies
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I hope the driver has a good alibi...
1 posted on 10/21/2010 5:36:25 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: Beaten Valve

Beeeezaaaare!


2 posted on 10/21/2010 5:38:28 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Baking soda wouldn’t even touch that smell!


3 posted on 10/21/2010 5:39:20 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: Beaten Valve

Here, hold my baking soda and watch this...


4 posted on 10/21/2010 5:40:03 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder ("No longer can we make no mistake for too long". Barack d****it 0bama, 2009, 2010, 2011.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Only in L.A..


5 posted on 10/21/2010 5:40:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: luvbach1

She wanted in the fast lane.


6 posted on 10/21/2010 5:40:06 PM PDT by Benchim
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To: Beaten Valve

A novel approach to use the carpool lane?


7 posted on 10/21/2010 5:41:39 PM PDT by Wissa (Gone Galt)
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8 posted on 10/21/2010 5:43:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Beaten Valve

yum


9 posted on 10/21/2010 5:43:08 PM PDT by barbarianbabs
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Um...Wow...

And what is a 'transient' person?? The media is forever trying to find polite ways of saying homeless.

Lord have mercy....

10 posted on 10/21/2010 5:43:08 PM PDT by Celtic Cross (I AM the Impeccable Hat.)
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To: Beaten Valve

I wish they had found her on November 3rd.

ACORN will probably get her registered to vote Democrat now.


11 posted on 10/21/2010 5:43:16 PM PDT by Psalm 144
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To: Beaten Valve

What a crazy world we live in.


12 posted on 10/21/2010 5:44:10 PM PDT by goldi (')
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To: Beaten Valve

Carpool lane.


13 posted on 10/21/2010 5:45:31 PM PDT by El Sordo (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Was she a Robert Byrd staffer?


14 posted on 10/21/2010 5:46:41 PM PDT by counterpunch (End the Government Monopoly!)
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"What's that smell?"

"Nothing,,,they all do that."

15 posted on 10/21/2010 5:47:16 PM PDT by clintonh8r ("Let them eat lobster cake." Michelle Antoinette, vacation #6.)
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To: clintonh8r

Larry King, perhaps?


16 posted on 10/21/2010 5:48:53 PM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: Beaten Valve

Wow, that’s unbelievable! I had the exact same experience about three years ago. Turns out, it was actually my fiancee. As Niles said of Maris: “If you kissed her too fast, you got an ice cream headache.”

On the rare occasions we went away for the weekend, she would turn the air conditioning in the room to the absolute maximum. I think she had to constantly be on guard against her body thawing.


17 posted on 10/21/2010 5:50:05 PM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: Beaten Valve

No names, wonder if the driver was an illegal alien. That would be a reason to avoid going to the police.


18 posted on 10/21/2010 5:50:43 PM PDT by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Beaten Valve

The car likely had an Obama bumper sticker and the woman was probably just driving her to the nearest early voting location.


19 posted on 10/21/2010 5:51:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Obviously, this lady never heard of lime.


20 posted on 10/21/2010 5:53:44 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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