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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: Larry Lucido

She breathed on me! A dead person breathed on me!


81 posted on 10/21/2010 8:23:13 PM PDT by Tommygun99 (Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
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To: Beaten Valve
Was that the first recipient of Obamacare?
82 posted on 10/21/2010 8:26:45 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Beaten Valve

Driving Miss Daisey???


83 posted on 10/21/2010 8:26:50 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Outlaw Woman; clamper1797

Really???? Someone makes an attempt at a joke and you have to respond with a personal attack? Speaks volumes about your, I think!! Could this be a case of decompensation? Medications run out perhaps? Try a glass of wine or two and call me in the morning.


84 posted on 10/21/2010 8:31:21 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Psalm 144

Thank you so much. She was my best friend, although I didn’t realize it until she was gone. But, we still talk, if you know what I mean. ; - )


85 posted on 10/21/2010 8:31:33 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: When do we get liberated?

Hmmm. Well, the guy I was talking about took his cats to a pet psycholigist because they fought. I really wanted those keys and now you know the rest of the story. Sorta. :


86 posted on 10/21/2010 8:42:31 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: SoldierDad

And if you thought that funny, that speaks volumes about you.


87 posted on 10/21/2010 8:42:59 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Live Free or Die)
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To: Auntie Mame

I do know what you mean.


88 posted on 10/21/2010 8:46:29 PM PDT by Psalm 144
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To: Outlaw Woman; clamper1797; Responsibility2nd
What's funny is reading your attempts to insult people over a completely non-issue. What is even more amusing is just how totally awful you are at hurtling insults, while not being able to fathom the jabs taken at you. I gotta say, it's people like you who keep the popcorn industry popping.
89 posted on 10/21/2010 8:55:30 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: SoldierDad

Oh...you’ve really put me in my place.


90 posted on 10/21/2010 9:02:58 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Live Free or Die)
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To: Outlaw Woman; clamper1797; Responsibility2nd

No, you did!! But, you’re just not cognizant enough to recognize that fact. I just keep wondering what experience in life has led to your being such a spiteful, hateful, bitter human being?


91 posted on 10/21/2010 9:21:29 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: SoldierDad

My heart is broken now. Your opinion has ruined my week. Please stop.


92 posted on 10/21/2010 9:35:49 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (Live Free or Die)
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To: Outlaw Woman

Mission Accomplished - Job well done (patting self on back now).


93 posted on 10/21/2010 9:37:02 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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