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

[Colorado303]

Hey! Yes you are correct. Denver County only has Denver in it, and not even all of Denver. Part of “the city of Denver” is actually in Adams County. Denver PD and Denver Fire don’t service that part of Denver, which is often news to people who move there.

For anyone ever sleuthing Denver area cases, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties all border “City and County of Denver”, and Douglas county is literally just a couple of miles away. Link to maps below. The small yellow spec just NW of Denver on the first map is Broomfield County (comprised of the city of Broomfield, and only the city of Broomfield).

Weld County (Watts case) is not on the map but immediately north of Adams and less than 30 minutes from Denver.

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[PommyMommy]

David Louie on Twitter
A family friend of 33-year-old Erin Valenti has identified her body found in a parked rental car Saturday in a south Almaden neighborhood in #SanJose. The app developer CEO from Salt Lake City had been missing for a week. #abc7now

7:16 PM - 14 Oct 2019

 

[cyborg manifesto]

This case reminds me of the Lynne Spalding missing person case in San Francisco (2013). A hospital patient suffering from delirium wandered out onto a hospital stairwell and was not found until she had already passed away, two weeks later, due to the half-hearted attempts by hospital staff and law enforcement to find her. I mean, she was *right there* near her room and the nurses’ station but was too confused to descend the stairs or bang on the stairwell exit door, and no one thought to check the stairwell. And the autopsy failed to adequately answer the family’s many questions.

I’m commenting here because I’m similarly worried that Erin Valenti’s autopsy might not fully solve the mystery of what happened, unless the family continues to probe (because we know the police probably won’t). If this was her first manic episode, and I believe that it was, based on family statements, then there was likely a prodromal period in which a few other symptoms were present, though not necessarily alarming. For example, did Erin mention to family that she was having difficulties sleeping during the days leading up to her disappearance? Did she have a history of sleep problems? If so, was she carrying sleeping aids with her? Also, did she experience flying anxiety and carry benzos to assist with that? Asking because if she was manic/exhausted/freaking out and had these medications with her, perhaps in her confused state she might have accidentally overdosed.

Furthermore, and many others have mentioned this, it’s important to talk with everyone who spent time with Erin that day and the days preceding her disappearance to see if there were any signs of hyperactivity, tangential speech, agitation. This would help to solidify the husband’s suspicion that she was on the cusp of experiencing a full-blown manic episode. My concern is that if the medical examiner detects sleep or anxiety meds in her system, he or she could dismiss this as a suicide. There’s no way for a medical examiner to determine if she was manic at the time of death and therefore too disoriented to take care of herself, properly dose herself, etc.

Another possible cause of death would be dehydration because she was missing for almost 5 days and that’s too long to go without fluids.

Many have hypothesized that ingestion of drugs could have precipitated the manic episode, and I think that’s possible, as well. I know that people with any family history of bipolar or schizophrenia are warned against dabbling in psychedelics. If she’d simply ingested an edible, that would not have caused such a catastrophic, week-long event unless she also had a predisposition for Bipolar I. The challenge here will be getting any of her friends/colleagues to admit they shared any substances with her — but I’m not getting the feeling that Erin was secretive about that stuff with her family, so I think it’s unlikely.

I know of no medical condition that would mimic the symptoms of mania — many conditions can cause confusion and problems with speech, but I don’t know of any that cause pressured speech, paranoia, and flight of ideas. If anyone here knows of conditions that do, I’d be interested to learn about them.

 

[PixieStix]

RSBM

It is usually not the mental disease that kills a person, but the impaired decision making. At the barest and most kind scenario, it did get down to 56F that night which is enough to cause hypothermia no matter what the precipitating factors were, especially if she was dehydrated, intoxicated, low blood sugar or had a thyroid problem, was thinly dressed or had been increasingly cold all day.

But don't get me wrong guys, the maybe-illuminati/satan conference and the m8trix casino are interesting points. (sincerely)

JMO

Yes, but that is precisely what I am saying. People don't usually die of being manic, and as far as impaired decision making like I said, it's not like she was running around the streets and got hit by a car or some other action that caused her death. She crawled into the backseat and died. I have to believe there were other medical factors we don't know about that caused her death. I suppose hypothermia could have been a factor. 56 degrees would be pushing it for hypothermia unless like you said, another underlying medical condition exasperated her potential hypothermia and death. Some sort of drugs could have been involved, but I'm trying not to speculate too much into that one until we know for sure.

 

[Podengo]

This case reminds me of the Lynne Spalding missing person case in San Francisco (2013). A hospital patient suffering from delirium wandered out onto a hospital stairwell and was not found until she had already passed away, two weeks later, due to the half-hearted attempts by hospital staff and law enforcement to find her. I mean, she was *right there* near her room and the nurses’ station but was too confused to descend the stairs or bang on the stairwell exit door, and no one thought to check the stairwell. And the autopsy failed to adequately answer the family’s many questions.

I’m commenting here because I’m similarly worried that Erin Valenti’s autopsy might not fully solve the mystery of what happened, unless the family continues to probe (because we know the police probably won’t). If this was her first manic episode, and I believe that it was, based on family statements, then there was likely a prodromal period in which a few other symptoms were present, though not necessarily alarming. For example, did Erin mention to family that she was having difficulties sleeping during the days leading up to her disappearance? Did she have a history of sleep problems? If so, was she carrying sleeping aids with her? Also, did she experience flying anxiety and carry benzos to assist with that? Asking because if she was manic/exhausted/freaking out and had these medications with her, perhaps in her confused state she might have accidentally overdosed.

Furthermore, and many others have mentioned this, it’s important to talk with everyone who spent time with Erin that day and the days preceding her disappearance to see if there were any signs of hyperactivity, tangential speech, agitation. This would help to solidify the husband’s suspicion that she was on the cusp of experiencing a full-blown manic episode. My concern is that if the medical examiner detects sleep or anxiety meds in her system, he or she could dismiss this as a suicide. There’s no way for a medical examiner to determine if she was manic at the time of death and therefore too disoriented to take care of herself, properly dose herself, etc.

Another possible cause of death would be dehydration because she was missing for almost 5 days and that’s too long to go without fluids.

Many have hypothesized that ingestion of drugs could have precipitated the manic episode, and I think that’s possible, as well. I know that people with any family history of bipolar or schizophrenia are warned against dabbling in psychedelics. If she’d simply ingested an edible, that would not have caused such a catastrophic, week-long event unless she also had a predisposition for Bipolar I. The challenge here will be getting any of her friends/colleagues to admit they shared any substances with her — but I’m not getting the feeling that Erin was secretive about that stuff with her family, so I think it’s unlikely.

I know of no medical condition that would mimic the symptoms of mania — many conditions can cause confusion and problems with speech, but I don’t know of any that cause pressured speech, paranoia, and flight of ideas. If anyone here knows of conditions that do, I’d be interested to learn about them.

Adderall can totally cause that psychosis. The friends that I had suffer from it both had paranoia. I was convinced the first was schizo-affective disorder. He believed he was being gaslighted by the government and their goal was to cause him to kill himself. Second thought the same but called it gangstalking, which looks to me to be about the same.
Adderall could also theoretically cause heart issues as it is amphetamines. Mixed with something like coke or meth it could be extra deadly.
Look up amphetamine induced psychosis.

 

[kittythehare]

This case reminds me of the Lynne Spalding missing person case in San Francisco (2013). A hospital patient suffering from delirium wandered out onto a hospital stairwell and was not found until she had already passed away, two weeks later, due to the half-hearted attempts by hospital staff and law enforcement to find her. I mean, she was *right there* near her room and the nurses’ station but was too confused to descend the stairs or bang on the stairwell exit door, and no one thought to check the stairwell. And the autopsy failed to adequately answer the family’s many questions.

I’m commenting here because I’m similarly worried that Erin Valenti’s autopsy might not fully solve the mystery of what happened, unless the family continues to probe (because we know the police probably won’t). If this was her first manic episode, and I believe that it was, based on family statements, then there was likely a prodromal period in which a few other symptoms were present, though not necessarily alarming. For example, did Erin mention to family that she was having difficulties sleeping during the days leading up to her disappearance? Did she have a history of sleep problems? If so, was she carrying sleeping aids with her? Also, did she experience flying anxiety and carry benzos to assist with that? Asking because if she was manic/exhausted/freaking out and had these medications with her, perhaps in her confused state she might have accidentally overdosed.

Furthermore, and many others have mentioned this, it’s important to talk with everyone who spent time with Erin that day and the days preceding her disappearance to see if there were any signs of hyperactivity, tangential speech, agitation. This would help to solidify the husband’s suspicion that she was on the cusp of experiencing a full-blown manic episode. My concern is that if the medical examiner detects sleep or anxiety meds in her system, he or she could dismiss this as a suicide. There’s no way for a medical examiner to determine if she was manic at the time of death and therefore too disoriented to take care of herself, properly dose herself, etc.

Another possible cause of death would be dehydration because she was missing for almost 5 days and that’s too long to go without fluids.

Many have hypothesized that ingestion of drugs could have precipitated the manic episode, and I think that’s possible, as well. I know that people with any family history of bipolar or schizophrenia are warned against dabbling in psychedelics. If she’d simply ingested an edible, that would not have caused such a catastrophic, week-long event unless she also had a predisposition for Bipolar I. The challenge here will be getting any of her friends/colleagues to admit they shared any substances with her — but I’m not getting the feeling that Erin was secretive about that stuff with her family, so I think it’s unlikely.

I know of no medical condition that would mimic the symptoms of mania — many conditions can cause confusion and problems with speech, but I don’t know of any that cause pressured speech, paranoia, and flight of ideas. If anyone here knows of conditions that do, I’d be interested to learn about them.

A simple hyperpyrexia can lead to mania.

Delirious mania (DM), also known as Bell's mania [1], is characterized by excitement, grandiosity, emotional lability, psychosis and insomnia characteristic of mania, altered consciousness, and disorientation characteristic of delirium [2–6]. The term DM was coined by Kraeplin, but was initially described by Calmeil [7], and reported to have a high morbidity [8] and mortality [1, 9]. Bell, in 1849, reported 40 patients out of 1700 admissions, who had features suggestive of DM and 75% of these patients subsequently died [1].
Delirious Mania: Can We Get Away with This Concept? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

 

[kittythehare]

Organic causes of mania (Mayo Clinic)
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)62694-9/pdf

 

[PixieStix]

A simple hyperpyrexia can lead to mania.

Delirious mania (DM), also known as Bell's mania [1], is characterized by excitement, grandiosity, emotional lability, psychosis and insomnia characteristic of mania, altered consciousness, and disorientation characteristic of delirium [2–6]. The term DM was coined by Kraeplin, but was initially described by Calmeil [7], and reported to have a high morbidity [8] and mortality [1, 9]. Bell, in 1849, reported 40 patients out of 1700 admissions, who had features suggestive of DM and 75% of these patients subsequently died [1].
Delirious Mania: Can We Get Away with This Concept? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

I thought of a very high fever, along with some strange virus. Several other medical issues could cause mania symptoms, TBI (which I don't think is the case here) certain lesions of the brain, tumors specifically ones of the endocrine systems such as hypothalamus or even thyroid. I am just waiting on those prelim results to come back. Hopefully, they shed a bit more light, and hopefully, it's shared publically, but they may not be.

 

[realanastasia]

It's totally legitimate Global workshop, and the 2-3 day seminar runs about $6500 per person -- definitely for the well heeled. MOO

Thanks for finding this info--I did some research on the organization, its staff, and its history. My subjective opinion of it is quite different from yours (I personally don't find it "totally legitimate"), but I also don't see anything that would lead me to conclude the workshop triggered the manic episode EV experienced just after it wrapped up.

 

[kittythehare]

I thought of a very high fever, along with some strange virus. Several other medical issues could cause mania symptoms, TBI (which I don't think is the case here) certain lesions of the brain, tumors specifically ones of the endocrine systems such as hypothalamus or even thyroid. I am just waiting on those prelim results to come back. Hopefully, they shed a bit more light, and hopefully, it's shared publically, but they may not be.

Viral, something like a herpes encephalitis, mentioned n Mayo Clinic link and I just remembered having come across a case of that... utterly tragic, though the patient survived, she is incredibly disabled.
I share your misgivings about the autopsy result being released.
I see her facebook page has been locked down, there were soe terrible posts accusing her husband etc yesterday..

It's gonna be such a hard road back for all those that knew and loved her, knowing she was reaching out- but unable to articulate her difficulties... knowing how she died.. and a million 'if onlys''

 

[PaulR]

Thanks for finding this info--I did some research on the organization, its staff, and its history. My subjective opinion of it is quite different from yours (I personally don't find it "totally legitimate"), but I also don't see anything that would lead me to conclude the workshop triggered the manic episode EV experienced just after it wrapped up.

It looks like a cult thing to me. From their FB page: "Committing to the ongoing process of questioning and asking better questions helped bring Dr. Isaac H. Jones to an elevated and higher level of being. This was all possible due to the Create Powerful Course and ONTOCORE..." Uh, what?

(And then there's the "elevated and higher level of being"... hmmm... like saying you're in the Matrix while sounding manic?)

 

[Independent Investigator]

I appreciate the many theories about mania, and other “possible” causes.

1. the toxicology and medical examiners report although won’t be a smoking gun yet will definitely give a better idea of what happened. If the SJPD called her the call should be logged or transcribed. Would be interesting to find the officer who talked to her, could give insight on their ideas at the time.

2. You can go back and re interview yet that might not be indicative of what happened. It’s usually the random eyewitness, or the friend that knows more but wont talk is the link needed. Even after 50 years in the case I’m managing overseas I’m continuing to find eyewitness who where never spoken to. I doubt the SJPD will pursue it this hard.

And the family might not release those results and may keep things private if their satisfied with the info. That also could be a indicator of illicit causes that might want to be kept private. Either way tragic and sad wish someone could have jumped in who’s local to go find her, perhaps this situation could have been avoided if she had gotten medical attention sooner in the timeline.

 

[PaulR]

It looks like a cult thing to me. From their FB page: "Committing to the ongoing process of questioning and asking better questions helped bring Dr. Isaac H. Jones to an elevated and higher level of being. This was all possible due to the Create Powerful Course and ONTOCORE..." Uh, what?

(And then there's the "elevated and higher level of being"... hmmm... like saying you're in the Matrix while sounding manic?)

Let's keep going.

So this "Dr. Isaac Jones" has a stellar review, and also one Erica Jones, co-founder of "elevays.com." Which... I've never heard of, wonder what they do.

Elevays.com was created to help modern, entrepreneurial families elevate their everyday and create family “flow” through the power of natural living. If you want simple lifestyle strategies, curated non-toxic products and easy to digest content for life on the go you will find it here on our site.

Hell if I know. Also she's married to Isaac, who is a real doctor and...

Dr. Isaac Jones DC, BS, is a functional health expert and doctor of chiropractic who is passionate about leading busy and successful people to live in their peak state of health.

A chiropractor. OK then. But an expert on functional health, whatever that is. Also is big into his "superhuman brain masterclass."

There's another FB review from Preston Smith, founder of Ninja Sauce, a marketing company that is recommended by... Brandon Craig, founder of this Ontocore thing: What People Say – Ninja Sauce – We Help Entrepreneurs Make More Money.

There's a rabbit hole here and I wonder how deep this goes.

I'd be taking a good long look at this "seminar" she went to and the people organizing and attending it. MOO.

 

[crhedBngr]

Let's keep going.

So this "Dr. Isaac Jones" has a stellar review, and also one Erica Jones, co-founder of "elevays.com." Which... I've never heard of, wonder what they do.



Hell if I know. Also she's married to Isaac, who is a real doctor and...


A chiropractor. OK then. But an expert on functional health, whatever that is. Also is big into his "superhuman brain masterclass."

There's another FB review from Preston Smith, founder of Ninja Sauce, a marketing company that is recommended by... Brandon Craig, founder of this Ontocore thing: What People Say – Ninja Sauce – We Help Entrepreneurs Make More Money.

There's a rabbit hole here and I wonder how deep this goes.

I'd be taking a good long look at this "seminar" she went to and the people organizing and attending it. MOO.

Hmmmm. Interesting.

JMVHO.

 

[Babylon Sister]

Let's keep going.

So this "Dr. Isaac Jones" has a stellar review, and also one Erica Jones, co-founder of "elevays.com." Which... I've never heard of, wonder what they do.



Hell if I know. Also she's married to Isaac, who is a real doctor and...


A chiropractor. OK then. But an expert on functional health, whatever that is. Also is big into his "superhuman brain masterclass."

There's another FB review from Preston Smith, founder of Ninja Sauce, a marketing company that is recommended by... Brandon Craig, founder of this Ontocore thing: What People Say – Ninja Sauce – We Help Entrepreneurs Make More Money.

There's a rabbit hole here and I wonder how deep this goes.

I'd be taking a good long look at this "seminar" she went to and the people organizing and attending it. MOO.

Dr. Jones: Entrepreneur Consultant for Health & Wellness
Wow. This is bizarre and fascinating. I had thought "no way" did the workshop have anything to do with EVs predicament. Now I am reconsidering.

 

[bears10]

Let's keep going.

So this "Dr. Isaac Jones" has a stellar review, and also one Erica Jones, co-founder of "elevays.com." Which... I've never heard of, wonder what they do.



Hell if I know. Also she's married to Isaac, who is a real doctor and...


A chiropractor. OK then. But an expert on functional health, whatever that is. Also is big into his "superhuman brain masterclass."

There's another FB review from Preston Smith, founder of Ninja Sauce, a marketing company that is recommended by... Brandon Craig, founder of this Ontocore thing: What People Say – Ninja Sauce – We Help Entrepreneurs Make More Money.

There's a rabbit hole here and I wonder how deep this goes.

I'd be taking a good long look at this "seminar" she went to and the people organizing and attending it. MOO.

The “rules of the course” seem odd to me. Especially how they make it a point to say things like “you are here, in the course, because you want to be here”.

Rules of the Course

 

[CSIDreamer]

Dr. Jones: Entrepreneur Consultant for Health & Wellness
Wow. This is bizarre and fascinating. I had thought "no way" did the workshop have anything to do with EVs predicament. Now I am reconsidering.

That's odd. The Dr. Gupta mentioned in that article is highly respected in certain areas of cardiology (arrhythmias specifically). He does a lot of free youtube videos, lives, etc.

 

[PaulR]

That's odd. The Dr. Gupta mentioned in that article is highly respected in certain areas of cardiology (arrhythmias specifically). He does a lot of free youtube videos, lives, etc.

His relationship with Dr. Gupta is full of weasel words:

He participates in a private “future of healthcare” mastermind with a small group of global thought leaders such as Sanjay Gupta MD...

Which mastermind group? It's not that private if you are mentioning three people involved with it.

I'm pretty sure that this private group was this "Gupta Hackathon" since it involved Gupta and the other person mentioned. That hardly sounds like some kind of private exclusive mastermind group. Home | The Sanjay Gupta Health Hackathon

 

[happyday]

The “rules of the course” seem odd to me. Especially how they make it a point to say things like “you are here, in the course, because you want to be here”.

Rules of the Course

Yeah. HUGE red flag.

 

[smarties]

I just read about this, so strange. At least they found her...
I wonder if they will reveal her COD. If it's not homicide or foul play, it could be "natural causes" something medical, or possibly suicide, or "accidental".
A few years ago a woman went missing on Vancouver island. Her body was found a few days later, but they said no foul play but wouldn't reveal what happened. I suspected it could be suicide, because they mentioned stress, depression over a medical condition, etc. Or she could have been walking and fallen, she was in a densely forested area taking photos. We'll never know.