Posted on 08/31/2024 5:15:13 AM PDT by Morgana
A 60-year-old Arizona Wells Fargo employee scanned into her office on a Friday on what appeared to be an ordinary workday. Then, four days later, she was found dead in her cubicle.
Denise Prudhomme, 60, was found dead on Aug. 20 in her office in Tempe, police said.
She had last scanned in the building at 7 a.m. on Aug. 16, a Friday, and there was no further scan in or out of the office, authorities said.
Tempe police responded to the Wells Fargo office in the 1100 block of West Washington Street after on-site security called about an employee they believed to be dead. She was pronounced dead at 4:55 p.m., police said.
The cause of death is pending determination by the Maricopa County medical examiner. Police said the preliminary investigation showed no obvious signs of foul play.
The investigation continues.
It's not clear how Prudhomme had gone unnoticed for so long. NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix reported that she worked in a cubicle on the third floor, away from the main aisle.
An employee who spoke with KPNX on the condition of anonymity said that a colleague found her at her desk while walking around the building and that several people had smelled a foul odor but believed it to be faulty plumbing.
Wells Fargo confirmed she sat in an underpopulated area of the building.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague, Denise Prudhomme. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones, and we are in contact to ensure they are well supported during this difficult time,” the company said in a statement Thursday.
It said that it is "committed to the safety and wellness of our workforce" and that it is "reviewing our own internal procedures after this event."
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She was found Tuesday...
I’d be reluctant to say that the janitors came in on the weekend...it depends on the company...maybe not every night after COVID....quite possible very few came in Monday.
She didn’t clock out Friday though.
I've never worked for a company where the scan cards were used on exit. Not one.
I suspect it's for emergency egress. Exit turnstiles and exit doors didn't even have the card readers.
How do you know when he died?
You don’t know exactly when he died, except when the police got called, they did an autopsy and determined about when he died.
They don’t say “He about died at 3pm”
My ex-sister-in-law (RIP) shot herself in the head. When found she had been dead for 12-24-36 hours or so. Time of death was fixed at the discovery of her body. She could have lingered unconscious for days and outward signs of decomposition cannot be used to pinpoint time of death.
No but they can pin it down to a few hours, they do it by body decomposition or lack thereof, when he last swiped his badge, etc.
Smarten up
FR is incredible, arguing over how time of death is determined in a meaningless thread.
I’m going on what we were told, time of death is used in criminal trials all the time, it’s not an exact science but isn’t junk science either.
Believe what you want, I don’t care, it’s not worth arguing about or being lectured to.
I used to do payroll and my main job on Monday was trying to resolve missing punches. If I had not gotten official verification by Tuesday morning I would do a final attempt and then you got eight hours for that day and if you complained you were told that it would be adjusted on your next check but we were not holding up payroll for one person.
Quit posting bullshit
I could see this easily in a cubicle farm situation
Depending on the position of her body, and if she tended to arrive early that her body could be there for days before someone noticed
I rest my case....getting this type of response to a nothing post is amazing.
You’re the one who shot his mouth of not knowing any facts. STFU next time
From someone who wasn’t there, a guy dies at work for no apparent reason the authorities are going to investigate why the guy died and determine approximately when he died
Just based on card swipes you can determine his movements inside the building
To get all bent out of shape over something you know nothing about proves my point
Then those companies did not have a proper card system.
I can say from personal experience of sites at P&G.Lazarus,and others that cards were used for exiting as well.Thus there was time tracking of all card holders.
I know you're right ...
nope scanning in or swiping your card to get into the building is it, you get to your workstation clockin and start your work day. you do not swip your card to exit.
It depends on the work and level of security. I scan in and out of multiple doors.
You made the claim with nothing to back it up. YOU are a mouth full of sh*t.
You have no idea, back up what that a person died at his place of work and was there a couple of days before he was found ??
Believe what you want, my post are absolutely true.
A guy dies inside an office complex and isn’t found for approximately 48 hours, the police are going to look into whether it was foul play, the original post in this thread is a guy died at work and wasn’t discovered for 4 days
An amateur could narrow down his time of death based on his badge swipes and video footage, plus throw in the medical examiner determining cause of death.
People that immediately respond with insults and cursing such as yourself have nothing to debate
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