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

[Seattle1]

She thought she was dead and everybody was keeping the truth from her? Um, wow. You can bet if that ever happened to me, I'd never go near the stuff again. I have never tried it myself, especially since the terrible episode my friend had.

Maureen had no experience /never tried edibles before either.

She came away really wanting to spread the word that the edible packaging was very inadequate, as she found no warning that she was in danger by eating the entire chocolate bar. She later found the portion size was only 1/4 of the bar...

 

[DB-Cooper]

I wonder if it is from extraction equipment? That can beat a car up pretty well.

I’m not a first responder vehicle extraction/jaws-of-life expert, but I’ve seen many SUV roll overs and it looks just like that versus jaws-of-life. Also, in this case, simply breaking a window to unlock doors and trunk/hatch seems faster than brining big equipment.

I just feel there’s something else we are not privy too about that vehicle. That said, neighbors would’ve definitely noticed a beat up/wrecked car and probably called it in. It just doesn’t make sense.

 

[Seattle1]

BBM Yes! I agree with this. My sister and I always seem to end up on the phone when we're leaving stores, joking about how we both always forget where we parked. I can see her calling her Mom to chat while she's walking around looking for her car. I'm not sure it's connected to her later delirious state of mind. MOO I'm also curious if her mother picked up on anything else during the "searching for her car" phone call.

Joseph Valenti lives with his wife in Rochester, New York, and said they were out to dinner celebrating their anniversary when Erin Valenti called Oct. 7. At first they thought she was calling to congratulate them, but they soon realized something wasn’t right. Joseph Valenti said his daughter sounded confused and couldn’t find her rental car.

The call came hours before she disappeared.

“My daughter was on the phone obviously distressed,” he said.

After Erin Valenti spent several hours on the phone with her mother, who is a nurse and her brother, who is a doctor, Joseph Valenti said they contacted the San Jose Police Department for help.

Father Of Utah Tech CEO Found Dead In California Says Police Didn't Do Enough

 

[MsFacetious]

If a nurse, doctor and evidence based psychologist can’t convince cops someone is in danger the rest of us don’t have a chance.

 

[PommyMommy]

New article from today. Basically same info we’ve received, but a few new details. Was a 3 way call with police and her family on Monday night. And she spoke with her brother. Father says they still don’t know what time she passed away (is that odd since they’ve already done the autopsy?).
Father Of Utah Tech CEO Found Dead In California Says Police Didn't Do Enough

It just keeps getting worse.

Noting from the article:

JV said the biggest problem was getting police to pay attention to the situation.

“It has been an issue from day one,” he said. “… Monday night, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. It wasn’t until the end of the day Thursday that a missing person report was actually put out on the street.”

Erin Valenti’s body was found in the back seat of her rental car less than a mile from her last known location, according to police.

“Nobody knows at this point what time my daughter may have passed, but my daughter was in that car, windows closed,” JV said. “Had that all-points bulletin gone out Tuesday morning and not as a welfare check but a missing person, if they would’ve found her Tuesday, who knows? Maybe she would be with the living today.”

 

[cvaldez1975]

When I read this, I'm reminded how even MJ can leave you in a state of paranoia, and no concept of time passed.

Maureen Dowd tells a story how she traveled to Colorado to cover the MJ legalization announcement, and how after eating a regular size MJ chocolate bar edible, she ended up in the ER. She was convinced that she was dead, and everybody was keeping the truth from her.

A whole edible is A LOT even for a regular smoker

 

[raja]

She most likely passed because of heat during the day. The father states she was in the car with windows closed. I think that is telling. She did not commit suicide.

 

[cvaldez1975]

It was not hot overnight though.

 

[cvaldez1975]

DBM

 

[wyome]

If a nurse, doctor and evidence based psychologist can’t convince cops someone is in danger the rest of us don’t have a chance.

But if she refused help, the police hands are tied. We don't know that she did, but we don't know that she didn't either.

Are there recordings of all police outgoing calls, anyone know?

 

[wyome]

This was a brutal situation and outcome. I completely understand the family's anguish and heartbreak. Their anger towards law enforcement is understandable, albeit emotional.

LE spoke to Erin, tried to locate her, spoke to family, tracked area hospital data. Until and unless we get a transcript from the officer's conversation with her that evening, I'm not willing to say that law enforcement failed this girl.

I'd like to see the family start putting pressure on everyone that had contact with her the last day she was seen.

 

[MsBetsy]

It was not hot overnight though.

Yes, in fact if anything it was chilly, in the low fifties. Imo

 

[LadyL]

OCT 17, 2019
Erin Valenti Wake - Splash

Come celebrate the bright life of

ERIN VALENTI

RSVP

OCTOBER 26TH AT 2:00PM

KILN, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
​

Community-wide Celebration

All are welcome.

Erin's impact was far and wide. She touched hundreds of lives. She built community and individual friendships. Anyone who was impacted by her is welcome to come celebrate her life.

In true Erin style we'll keep this wake casual and informal — nothing somber for our girl! Bring a bottle of wine and be ready to share a memory or farewell open mic style.

[...]

lots of pictures of her and her husband at that link

 

[LadyL]

I’m not a first responder vehicle extraction/jaws-of-life expert, but I’ve seen many SUV roll overs and it looks just like that versus jaws-of-life. Also, in this case, simply breaking a window to unlock doors and trunk/hatch seems faster than brining big equipment.

I just feel there’s something else we are not privy too about that vehicle. That said, neighbors would’ve definitely noticed a beat up/wrecked car and probably called it in. It just doesn’t make sense.

can you link the picture you're looking at?

 

[155etta]

I got a little slack for suggesting LSD but it is the one drug I have partaken of (many, many, many, years ago) that made me forget I was actually on something. When you drink, you know you've had a few, when you smoke pot you don't forget you're high, you know it. But an LSD trip is different. And bizarre. The time I did it, it put me in such a strange place that I didn't know/realize I was tripping and didn't remember I had ingested it. It didn't really register to me that I was on something, I was just really OUT THERE. I was manic, chatty, disorganized in thoughts and speech, all over the place, and at times felt like super duper creative juices were flowing through me. I was completely detached from time. And there was a short period of time in there where things got a teensy bit dark feeling. Later, I felt like I was on the cusp of figuring out the meaning of life. Truly. Weird, weird stuff that you can't really explain to people afterwards. I would not have been able to ask for or get myself help if I had needed it. I would not even have known I needed help. Earlier someone mentioned micro dosing. It's got me wondering....

"You’ve probably heard about microdosing, the “productivity hack” popular among Silicon Valley engineers and business leaders."

Do Microdoses of LSD Change Your Mind?

 

[Backstroke10]

But if she refused help, the police hands are tied. We don't know that she did, but we don't know that she didn't either.

Are there recordings of all police outgoing calls, anyone know?

BBM This is what I would like to know. Also, did they call local hospitals and/or drive through hospital parking lots looking for her car? They said they searched for several hours. It's easy to claim this, after the fact, but did they really search for several hours? MOO
I thought the officer who spoke with her said she was with friends but if it was a 3 way call that included her family, wouldn't the family have heard that part about her being with other people?

 

[realanastasia]

Erin’s company has a nice pop-up message on their website about her death—unusually, but understandably, the date of death is unspecified.

 

[PaulR]

There's something missing from what we know. I suspect there is information about EV that was not disclosed to the police, and to the public. Husband is now saying she was talking about dead relatives - that's new, I think. Though we don't know the context - was she thinking of a relative who died last week, or claiming that she was talking to her long-dead grandparents?

 

[Backstroke10]

Joseph Valenti lives with his wife in Rochester, New York, and said they were out to dinner celebrating their anniversary when Erin Valenti called Oct. 7. At first they thought she was calling to congratulate them, but they soon realized something wasn’t right. Joseph Valenti said his daughter sounded confused and couldn’t find her rental car.

The call came hours before she disappeared.

“My daughter was on the phone obviously distressed,” he said.

After Erin Valenti spent several hours on the phone with her mother, who is a nurse and her brother, who is a doctor, Joseph Valenti said they contacted the San Jose Police Department for help.

Father Of Utah Tech CEO Found Dead In California Says Police Didn't Do Enough

Thanks! It appears she was confused and distressed early on, while searching for her car. MOO

 

[PaulR]

BBM This is what I would like to know. Also, did they call local hospitals and/or drive through hospital parking lots looking for her car? They said they searched for several hours. It's easy to claim this, after the fact, but did they really search for several hours? MOO
I thought the officer who spoke with her said she was with friends but if it was a 3 way call that included her family, wouldn't the family have heard that part about her being with other people?

300 missing persons per month, according to the San Jose Mercury News. That's 10 a day. I'm not sure what is reasonable for how long for the police to be spending looking for a missing person, when there are always crimes going on.