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  • Death in cherry vat appears to have been accidental drowning

    07/16/2005 11:59:57 AM PDT · by quantim · 28 replies · 680+ views
    AP via woodtv.com ^ | July 16, 2005
    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. A woman found dead in a tank of cherries and brine at Peninsula Fruit Exchange apparently drowned. That's according to preliminary autopsy results on Jo Ann Mendoza. The 38-year-old was found by co-workers in a large vat of cherries Tuesday evening after a babysitter told a company official that she had not picked up her two daughters. Mendoza worked as a quality control inspector at the facility. The medical examiner's report also says the death appears to have been accidental. An acquaintance says Mendoza may have been testing the solution mix of the cherry processing vat at...