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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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To: kalee

$1.00 bet says it’s an ILLEGAL ALIEN!!


21 posted on 10/21/2010 5:54:56 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Beaten Valve

That’s nothing ... I’ve been married to one (at least in bed) for some years now


22 posted on 10/21/2010 5:57:54 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Pray for Obama Psalms 109:8)
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To: luvbach1

Charon alert! If you drive, don’t stink; park legal if you must drive with a mummy behind; and throw some baking soda over your shoulder now and then, for good luck.

Gonna be a fun thread.


23 posted on 10/21/2010 5:59:30 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( A window seat, a jug of elderberry wine, and thou.)
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To: Beaten Valve

...multi passenger only lanes can be a real bwitch in Kali.


24 posted on 10/21/2010 6:00:59 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Air Wick?


25 posted on 10/21/2010 6:01:55 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Beaten Valve; hole_n_one

26 posted on 10/21/2010 6:02:39 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Beaten Valve

...."best cup holder,never complains or nuttin"

27 posted on 10/21/2010 6:03:19 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: hampdenkid

ummm....wtf???


28 posted on 10/21/2010 6:05:10 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Live Free or Die)
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To: BunnySlippers

Once they bloat up and pop nothing helps much.


29 posted on 10/21/2010 6:06:11 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: Beaten Valve

I hate it when the coppers catch me with a decomposing corpse in the car.


30 posted on 10/21/2010 6:06:18 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: Roscoe Karns

lol!!


31 posted on 10/21/2010 6:06:46 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Beaten Valve

From the ocregister.com: “Officers are also looking at whether there were any health code violations due to the fact that the driver was transporting a corpse...”

Now THAT is bizarre. California. Where they want to outlaw soft drinks and they think twinkies can make you violent. But they’re not sure they have a law on the books about driving around with a dead body for three months or more.


32 posted on 10/21/2010 6:07:52 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( A window seat, a jug of elderberry wine, and thou.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Some people will do anything to drive in the carpool lane...


33 posted on 10/21/2010 6:08:21 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 638 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: hole_n_one
Dead weight is hell on the miles per gallon...
34 posted on 10/21/2010 6:08:37 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
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To: Beaten Valve

I was on a jury for a murder trial where the perp did this.


35 posted on 10/21/2010 6:09:36 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: kalee

Acc to ocregister.com, driver is a former real estate agent and the car is registered to her sick father.


36 posted on 10/21/2010 6:11:06 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( A window seat, a jug of elderberry wine, and thou.)
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To: Beaten Valve

They’re not releasing her name yet. She’ll always be Sharon to me.


37 posted on 10/21/2010 6:11:53 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast ( A window seat, a jug of elderberry wine, and thou.)
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To: clamper1797
That’s nothing ... I’ve been married to one (at least in bed) for some years now

awww poor fnkg baby....Maybe you should take a bath once in awhile. Oh Oh here's an idea, look in the mirror...maybe you'll discover WHY that is. Oh Oh Oh here's another idea, put some deodarant on...Best idea? Keep your stupid comments about your mate to yourself you dork.

38 posted on 10/21/2010 6:11:53 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Live Free or Die)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

You are sicker than I.

I will buy you as many drinks as you can hold, should we meet.


39 posted on 10/21/2010 6:12:53 PM PDT by mmercier (desperado)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Riding shotgun?

KFI Radio: Police said that all of the body’s fluids leaked onto the front floorboard of the car...


40 posted on 10/21/2010 6:20:51 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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