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The Remains Of A Man Missing For A Decade Have Just Been Found Behind A Cooler At His Job
All That's Interesting ^ | July 23, 2019 | Marco Margaritoff

Posted on 07/27/2019 12:45:50 PM PDT by robowombat

The Remains Of A Man Missing For A Decade Have Just Been Found Behind A Cooler At His Job By Marco Margaritoff Published July 23, 2019

Nobody knew what happened to Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada when he disappeared in 2009. Authorities searched far and wide, only for contractors to find his body at his place of work a decade later.

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Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada Iowa Department of Public Safety Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada was 25 years old when a tragic mishap pinned him between heavy coolers and a supermarket wall. He was found dead 10 years later. Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada ran away from his parents’ Iowa home in November 2009 and mysteriously disappeared — or so they thought. According to The Kansas City Star, he was never seen or heard from again until January of this year when his body was found trapped behind a cooler at his old place of work. The No Frills Supermarket in Council Bluffs, Iowa closed in 2016, but contractors only began removing shelves and coolers out of the former grocery store earlier this year. Murillo-Moncada’s parents reported him missing a decade ago and have only now found closure. It is believed that the late 25-year-old, upset at his parents and purportedly acting irrationally because of the medication he was on, climbed the coolers for fun at his job when he accidentally fell between an 18-inch gap between the coolers and the wall.

According to Yahoo, it was the heavy-duty equipment’s high volume that likely led to his death. “It’s so loud, there’s probably no way anyone heard him,” said Sgt. Brandon Danielson of the Council Bluffs Police Department. According to CNN, investigators used his parents’ DNA to identify the body. The description of his attire from the missing persons report, too, matched up with the corpse that was discovered. Murillo-Moncada’s former co-workers told police that climbing the equipment was a common occurrence to pass the time.

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The autopsy by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation showed no signs of trauma, leading Murillo-Moncada’s official cause of death to be ruled an accident. His mother, Ana Moncada, told police in 2009 that her son was “disoriented” before he ran off and that voices were telling him to “eat sugar.” “He felt his heart was beating too hard and thought if he ate sugar, his heart would not beat so hard,” she said. Sgt. Danielson added that Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada ran off in the middle of a serious storm while entirely unprepared for the conditions. “It was a snowstorm at the time,” said Sgt. Brandon Danielson. “He left with no shoes, no socks, no keys, no car.” The Startup Investor Sponsored by The Startup Investor TV’s Shrewdest Shark Shows One Of The Best Ways To Utilize $50 Robert Herjavec is hunting for everyday Americans who want to become millionaires.

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Authorities conducted a thorough search for the man upon his initial disappearance, contacting family members and other law enforcement agencies, including detention centers and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Murillo-Moncada had been deported to Honduras before making his way back to the United States and starting his job at No Frills Supermarket. It took an entire decade to find him at his place of work, stuck behind coolers, with nobody the wiser since his disappearance. Larry Murillo Moncada's Body Discovered Facebook Authorities searched for Larry Murillo-Moncada when he disappeared in 2009, even checking detention centers and contacting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. It is unclear just what kind of medication Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada was on, though Capt. Todd Weddum of the Council Bluffs Police Department confirmed that his parents said his frenzied escape from home could have been attributed to it.

The area Murillo-Moncada’s body was found in was considered an unofficial hangout spot by colleagues. According to Weddum, it was a place of temporary refuge from the job and its customers. It was primarily used as storage space, but employees would take breaks there and frequently climb the coolers. Unfortunately, nobody thought to look there until the closed-down business was being deconstructed by contractors 10 years later.


TOPICS: Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: councilbluffs; invasion; iowa; oldnews
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To: Cowboy Bob

Yup. I know my audience


21 posted on 07/27/2019 1:27:43 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: robowombat

I assume by “cooler” is meant refrigerator.

How does a 25 year old run away from home.

Interesting story but this is when illiterate incompetents start a blog.


22 posted on 07/27/2019 1:37:36 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: robowombat

His back pay should be stacking up


23 posted on 07/27/2019 1:41:30 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: robowombat
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24 posted on 07/27/2019 1:45:24 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: robowombat

Oh well... At least he died a “cool dude”...


25 posted on 07/27/2019 1:47:02 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: tallyhoe

“Wouldn’t they have smelled him at some point?”

Well, it is the “No Frills Supermarket”.

That odor usually means that there is just something on sale, in the area.


26 posted on 07/27/2019 2:17:55 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: robowombat

“Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada”

Article repeats his name in full excessively. Maybe he got tired of hearing it, like John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith. That can get old.


27 posted on 07/27/2019 2:23:03 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: robowombat

9th or 10th posting of this story thus far.


28 posted on 07/27/2019 2:29:37 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: robowombat

“Authorities conducted a thorough search for the man upon his initial disappearance, contacting family members and other law enforcement agencies, including detention centers and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Murillo-Moncada had been deported to Honduras before making his way back to the United States and starting his job at No Frills Supermarket.”

No surprise there. Workplace safety incident often involves illegal aliens hired under the table, and shoddy or nonexistent safety training: don’t want those nosy government inspectors coming around, do they.

Also: what sort of business considered a storage space, which involved access via a precarious climb over big refrigerator coolers, an employee break room? “To get away from customers” — yeah, in the real working world, where there are safety regulations, that would be called a break room. But surely that sort of break room wouldn’t involve potential loss of life to access.


29 posted on 07/27/2019 2:37:07 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: robowombat

So, he was on the clock then, right?


30 posted on 07/27/2019 3:11:58 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: tallyhoe

Good cooler I guess.


31 posted on 07/27/2019 3:30:09 PM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

“So, he was on the clock then, right?”

Nope, behind the cooler! nyuk, nyuk..


32 posted on 07/27/2019 3:43:39 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: teeman8r

Not to mention Workman’s Comp.


33 posted on 07/27/2019 3:51:22 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: robowombat

They charged him with leaving
the scene of an accident.


34 posted on 07/27/2019 3:53:23 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Maybe he got tired of hearing it, like John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith.


Yeah, that’s why he changed his name to
John Jacob Jingleheimer Lipschitz.


35 posted on 07/27/2019 3:55:25 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: robowombat

Chilling!!


36 posted on 07/27/2019 6:08:26 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: ExpatCanuck

So sad. I heard he was a cool guy.


37 posted on 07/27/2019 6:09:52 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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