Dead man found inside SUV with pile of parking tickets on windshield

Sun Sentinel ^ | 12/2/2016 | Linda Trischitta

[Gamecock]

For four days, city parking officers slapped tickets on an SUV parked three blocks from the Broward County Courthouse. When Carolyn White noticed the pile of citations, she wondered what was going on. She stepped closer to the car to peek inside.

"Oh my God, please tell me this man is not dead," White thought.

Inside the Isuzu Axiom was the body of Jacob Morpeau, 62, of Miami. He was sitting in the driver's seat, and his upper body lay face down over the SUV's center console. His hand held a credit card, White said.

The Broward County Medical Examiner's office later said Morpeau had died from natural causes and had been ill with hypertensive cardiovascular disease. What's not known is how long Morpeau's body had been inside the Isuzu.

The medical examiner could not pinpoint the date of death.

The SUV was issued tickets from Nov. 12 through Nov. 15, the day Morpeau's body was found. Whether he was inside the Isuzu when the tickets were put on the windshield is also not known.

[Dr. Sivana]

Here in NY we use those foil dash board covers and leave the windows cracked a half inch

I spent most of my life in Connecticut and am familiar with the foil/cardboard dash covers. That would get old to do that six months a year instead of two. Also, the front side windows need protection, too. If you use those suction cup screens, that is an even bigger nuisance.

In any event, the guy with the parking tickets parked in Florida, that does not have the same anti-tint restrictions as NY.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Way back in the fifties, when I was in high school, there was this urban legend floating around about some guy who died in a Thunderbird, and his body stayed there for (six) months.

They just can't get the smell out.

But the Thunderbird was supposed to be really, really cheap, like $25 or so.

We all looked, but never found the car, unfortunately.

[hal ogen]

Each parking cop who gave a ticket to the suv should be reprimanded for neglecting their duty.

[Nateman]

They just can't get the smell out.

There is an episode of Mythbusters where they deal with this issue.

[deport]

[Pollard]

In the Sunshine State, you’re allowed to have some pretty dark tint. 80% on the side windows iirc. Windshield can only be tinted at the top 6 inches but some people put a light tint overall. Not many though but is the sides and rear are dark, it is hard to see inside.
Having lived in Broward for a few years, ummm, there’s a lot of not too alert people working in the gov simply to meet quotas.

[clintonh8r]

“Hey, I just write the parking tickets. I don’t get all bogged down in who’s dead and who isn’t.”

[Heart-Rest]

Now the authorities in Broward are preparing to charge the dead guy with burial at an unauthorized burial site.