Found Deceased CA - Erin Valenti, 33, from Utah, en-route from Palo Alto to San Jose, 7 Oct 2019 #2

[Occam's Zebra]

She also says "tripping balls" a few times as well and mentions "borderless", whatever that means. My mind keeps going to LSD. If so, I don't think she took it intentionally. I can't imagine flying on a plane while tripping, but maybe she wanted to. I think maybe it was slipped to her. That is what her behavior sounds like to me, LSD. My second guess is a raging infection.

Edit: punctuation

"Borderless" seems like Silicon-Valley-speak. Here's a quote from an article partially titled "Technology Will Lead to a Borderless World". The boldface is my addition....

"Soon you'll be able to join a VR world, and earn virtual currency in virtual reality," says Silicon Valley entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan. "Which means that, for a good chunk of people in the world, the majority of their waking hours are going to be spent in the Matrix."

also - did EV say she was "tripping balls" in any of her conversations that day? If so, she basically let them know that she was under the influence of drugs.

 

[Jessthinkin]

There's been a phenomenon in the news recently, and even on last year's (I think) season of The Good Fight, about micro-dosing with LSD, purported to improve mood and cognitive function.

I'm not saying that this was a factor, but it did pop in my mind as a possibility... (?)

Here's a recent article about LSD micro-dosing from the University of Chicago School of Medicine:
Study measures effects of LSD ‘microdosing’ on mood - UChicago Medicine

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Definitely worth mentioning just b/c she mentions The Matrix quite a bit on her SM. I had no idea about Matrix drug trips!

What's one of those?!

 

[dlharris2712]

Happy Birthday, Erin! We share the same birthday - I am thinking about you and your family today...and sending lots of love!!!

 

[Satchie]

Had the license plate number been posted on highway signs on 101 and also on the Nextdoor app, someone may have located the vehicle sooner.

Except that, if someone is voluntarily missing, you can't put their license plate number up on a billboard.

We've heard the family's perspective only here, because police don't normally go public with the rationalizations for their actions. But from their point of view, this case was wide open with possibilities. They didn't have any evidence of foul play, and that would be their first priority to look out for, and they would have stepped in if there was any sign of it.

They had the case of a woman who had sole possession of a car, a cell phone, high balance credit cards, friends and family and local contacts, who wouldn't cooperate in being found by police. It could easily have been the common situation of a wife who'd decided she didn't want to go back home to her husband. Who perhaps was having an affair, or was on a bender, or having some form of emotional upheaval. None of these things are illegal, none of these things give police the right to broadcast her photo and license plate, etc. The family, of course, can do that, and police cooperated with them to launch their own campaign, no doubt assisting them to get cell phone pings, etc.

 

[Curiousobserver]

She may have been tired, and run down from her schedule and picked up an infection. She had so many symptoms of sepsis, the confusion and disorientation, rapid onset. I guess I don't pick up the drug angle so much from her background and business and family, on the other hand absolutely anyone can have a drug problem. Await the result of the autopsy.

I have seen people with a bladder infection behave in very similar ways.

 

[raja]

I am not sure we will ever know what happened here. So sad. RIP Erin.

 

[MJPeony]

Except that, if someone is voluntarily missing, you can't put their license plate number up on a billboard.

We've heard the family's perspective only here, because police don't normally go public with the rationalizations for their actions. But from their point of view, this case was wide open with possibilities. They didn't have any evidence of foul play, and that would be their first priority to look out for, and they would have stepped in if there was any sign of it.

They had the case of a woman who had sole possession of a car, a cell phone, high balance credit cards, friends and family and local contacts, who wouldn't cooperate in being found by police. It could easily have been the common situation of a wife who'd decided she didn't want to go back home to her husband. Who perhaps was having an affair, or was on a bender, or having some form of emotional upheaval. None of these things are illegal, none of these things give police the right to broadcast her photo and license plate, etc. The family, of course, can do that, and police cooperated with them to launch their own campaign, no doubt assisting them to get cell phone pings, etc.

You bring up some good points. I've been frustrated for days that a BOLO or something of the sort wasn't issued, but as several posters have pointed out, it is entirely possible she literally said "please leave me alone". And if she specifically asked to be left alone, then LE's hands appear to be tied.

So in my mind, she would have to have specifically asked to be left alone in order to justify the lack of urgency on LE's part- but I'm starting to believe she actually asked to be left alone.

To be trying to find the airport, to be in communication with family, and yet to ask to be left alone? Very possible given the reported state of mind, but SO strange.


MOO.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Business Insider had this to day 14th
f the body found is identified as Valenti, this is the second death of tech CEO this month in the San Francisco Bay Area. The body of 50-year-old Tushar Arte — the CEO of a web design company called AtreNet — was found in Santa Cruz on Oct. 1, according to police. In a Facebook post, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said that Atre was found dead next to his car hours after he was abducted from his home during a suspected robbery.The family of a missing 33-year-old tech CEO called off its search after police found a body inside a parked car in the San Francisco Bay Area

its been discussed. his body was found on some land where he was beginning a pot farm so i think his issues was cannabis related. i don't think erin's case is related.

 

[cvaldez1975]

I have reached my limit on Mercury news, which seems to be where all the informative news articles are. Did LE just come out and say there were no signs of obvious foul play after the prelim autopsy results were in? If someone has access to the article from Mercury News, people here are talking about can you post the good parts of the article? LE is most likely going to proceed with releasing information very cautiously with the backlash of how they handled this case.

i never am able to access them at all and i live here so there is that. lol

 

[SeattleStew]

Looking at EV's twitter page, went back a couple years, she makes some jokes about the price of traveling, including one that says: "We let you take your insulin on-board .... for $600."

Any chance she may have had diabetes and had some time of diabetes-related medical emergency? Would something like that manifest the "symptoms" we've discussed here?

 

[muggles63]

Happy Birthday, Erin! We share the same birthday - I am thinking about you and your family today...and sending lots of love!!!

Happy Birthday to you xx

 

[SeattleStew]

@PixieStix I still had an article left, lol, this is from the most recent edition. Says PUBLISHED: October 15, 2019 at 4:57 pm | UPDATED: October 16, 2019 at 3:50 am

Police say they actively searched for missing Utah woman

"How Valenti died is still unknown, pending the results of an autopsy and toxicology tests conducted by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The time of her death is also unclear, so how long she might have been in the vehicle where she was found remains a mystery.

San Jose police said the case is being treated as a death investigation, and that there were no obvious signs of foul play. Valenti’s husband said she had no history of mental illness."

 

[happyday]

What's one of those?!

"Indicated" is a nice vague term. Maybe the officer heard people in the background (if Erin was in a store or other public place - or maybe even just the radio playing in the background) and assumed she was with friends. Maybe Erin made vague references to people and the officer jumped to conclusions. Maybe she lied to him.

It sounds a bit like CYA to me. "Oh, she said she was with friends so we didn't worry." But then her husband hears from LE that his wife was "nonsensical" on that same phone call.

The matrix, BTW, is a movie and a casino, but there are people out there who believe we're living in a computer simulation (as in the movie). In the movie, the blue pill keeps you in the illusion that your life is real; the red pill pulls you out of the matrix and shows you that it's all been a lie.

CoricidinHBP is known as "the matrix drug" or "skittles" - though any cough/cold medicine will have the same effects. At high doses (well beyond what you'd take for a cold), it sends you on a trip that makes you feel as if your life isn't actually real. Can cause psychosis if you take too much. Other symptoms include agitation, confusion, hallucinations, euphoria. Coma is possible, so I would think it could be fatal as well.

I found a case study of a man who took 30 pills and ended up in the hospital... A Case of Acute Psychosis Secondary to Coricidin Overdose

Occam’s Zebra posted about the Matrix drug trips earlier in this post. That’s what I was referring to.

 

[PixieStix]

@PixieStix I still had an article left, lol, this is from the most recent edition. Says PUBLISHED: October 15, 2019 at 4:57 pm | UPDATED: October 16, 2019 at 3:50 am

Police say they actively searched for missing Utah woman

"How Valenti died is still unknown, pending the results of an autopsy and toxicology tests conducted by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The time of her death is also unclear, so how long she might have been in the vehicle where she was found remains a mystery.

San Jose police said the case is being treated as a death investigation, and that there were no obvious signs of foul play. Valenti’s husband said she had no history of mental illness."

Thanks, @SeattleStew I just wanted to read that blurb for myself, that is perfect!

 

[Rosiebones]

If she died from a medical condition, either acute or chronic, that should show up on autopsy. They still may wait on the toxicology report, which takes longer so to rule out any other contributing factors. Her husband should be pulling together her medical records and forwarding them to the medical examiner. I wonder if they will release COD, if they don't WS will be in total meltdown.

 

[Occam's Zebra]

Occam’s Zebra posted about the Matrix drug trips earlier in this post. That’s what I was referring to.

It's basically high doses of cough/cold medicine - the dextromethorphan (DXM) causes hallucinations, paranoia, etc. the pills are sometimes called "the matrix" or "skittles". This info is all from concerted searching online and not personal experience Google "DXM matrix trips" and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Curiousobserver]

@PixieStix I still had an article left, lol, this is from the most recent edition. Says PUBLISHED: October 15, 2019 at 4:57 pm | UPDATED: October 16, 2019 at 3:50 am

Police say they actively searched for missing Utah woman

"How Valenti died is still unknown, pending the results of an autopsy and toxicology tests conducted by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The time of her death is also unclear, so how long she might have been in the vehicle where she was found remains a mystery.

San Jose police said the case is being treated as a death investigation, and that there were no obvious signs of foul play. Valenti’s husband said she had no history of mental illness."

And the most shocking part is at the end-

"SJPD files an average of 100 adult missing-persons reports a month, and twice that rate for minors, according to department figures."

300 people a month go missing just in that jurisdiction!

 

[CSIDreamer]

I just now saw on the fb memorial page the neighborhood where she was found had a mass for her this morning. How thoughtful.

 

[PixieStix]

If she died from a medical condition, either acute or chronic, that should show up on autopsy. They still may wait on the toxicology report, which takes longer so to rule out any other contributing factors. Her husband should be pulling together her medical records and forwarding them to the medical examiner. I wonder if they will release COD, if they don't WS will be in total meltdown.

Usually, I can let things go knowing we don't always get the answers but I might just have a meltdown if we don't get the autopsy results!

And the most shocking part is at the end-

"SJPD files an average of 100 adult missing-persons reports a month, and twice that rate for minors, according to department figures."

300 people a month go missing just in that jurisdiction!

300 people a month!! That is bananas!