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.
She breathed on me! A dead person breathed on me!
Driving Miss Daisey???
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.
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. ; - )
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. :
And if you thought that funny, that speaks volumes about you.
I do know what you mean.
Oh...you’ve really put me in my place.
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?
My heart is broken now. Your opinion has ruined my week. Please stop.
Mission Accomplished - Job well done (patting self on back now).
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