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

[asdfasffds]

I thought this at first too, but then I started thinking of my own experience. There are always cars parked on my street, different cars visiting different people and I realized that I NEVER pay any attention to those cars.

I used to walk through neighborhoods in different cities for hours each day. You see a lot of homeless people break into cars, drink alcohol, and then leave later in the day. In fact, I used to know someone who had their vehicle regularly broken into just so someone could sleep inside it at night.

 

[TaylorJ4]

I am wondering how someone can be dead in the backseat of a car, parked in front of someones house, for 7 days and nobody noticed?

My ex was in his truck, parked on the street in front of his apartment, for approx 3 weeks. He had reclined the drivers seat and was laying there. The windows were slightly tinted, and this happened at the end of Dec/first of January in the Bay area.

 

[kittythehare]

My ex was in his truck, parked on the street in front of his apartment, for approx 3 weeks. He had reclined the drivers seat and was laying there. The windows were slightly tinted, and this happened at the end of Dec/first of January in the Bay area.

way to go, eh?
It's a hard legacy.
I read, just last night about an old man who lived alone but had a caring family and he died by his electric fire in December but was not discovered until July and the electric fire was still turned on.
his pension had remained uncollected, his neighbors had not seen him. He had not attended his twice weekly outings in all that time.. he liked and courted his privacy..
e think we're massively substantial because we exist and then death takes us and nobody even notices...
I remember a meditation teacher telling me to meditate on my own death. It made sense, eventually... well it's still in the process of making sense, drip by drip.
Then there's grief..

 

[TristanP]

I am wondering how someone can be dead in the backseat of a car, parked in front of someones house, for 7 days and nobody noticed?

There was a man deceased in the long term parking area of the Kansas City airport for 9+ months and no one noticed.

 

[TTF14]

Infection leading to delirium/sepsis/ death? Viral or bacterial.
Even after reading so many other well thought out theories here, I go back to this, because I saw it happen to my own husband. At first, it was subtle and I thought he was just over tired. By the fourth day, he was eating his cereal without milk and looking at me in confusion when I asked him if he wanted milk. He thought he had it.
He got dressed and headed out the door at 11 am for a meeting he had at 7 that evening. He sat down on the couch and fell asleep and woke up an hour later and repeated the same attempt to go to the meeting with no memory of the previous conservation.
He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance and given heavy doses of antibiotics and within 3 days he was back to his coherent self. It was a common Pseudomonas infection that became systemic.
This happened over 4 days and I have a medical background and only see the course of infection now. There was no fever, no lethargy, no other symptoms other than the confusion and irritability. I knew he wasn't right but it didn't seem to have an urgency.
So much of what is reported here sounds like this. MOO MOO MOO

Interesting. Glad he survived!

I could see this happening on a business trip or vacation....you're putting off symptoms until you get home.

 

[Seattle1]

There was a man deceased in the long term parking area of the Kansas City airport for 9+ months and no one noticed.

That wrongful death suit is finally making it's way on the court calendar.

 

[mickey2942]

Interesting. Glad he survived!

I could see this happening on a business trip or vacation....you're putting off symptoms until you get home.

Her husband is a doctor, (correction, he is a psychologist) but I still wonder what sort of medication she was taking...and was it counteracting with something else.

 

[Kapua]

I am wondering how someone can be dead in the backseat of a car, parked in front of someones house, for 7 days and nobody noticed?

Not to split hairs here, but it was 5 days, and one of the neighbors did see the car, but thought her neighbor might have had visitors. The problems were 1. the police classified her as "voluntarily missing", 2. her family is not local, 3. there was not enough local publicity, 4. No GPS on rental car, and 5. apparently, the rental car company did not report the rental car as stolen. Because of these problems, neither police, family, the community, or the rental car company was looking for the car (or EV) apart from SJPD's initial search on Monday night. When the family arrived on the weekend, she was quickly found.

 

[Trebor5591]

I feel so sorry for the family. When can we expect to know a cause of death?

 

[cvaldez1975]

I am wondering how someone can be dead in the backseat of a car, parked in front of someones house, for 7 days and nobody noticed?

It’s a huge city. For example. I live in a cul de sac, three of the houses are 4 bedroom and the other 5, are 5bedroom. 4 of these houses rent rooms out. So cars come and go. Unless it’s right in front of my house I don’t pay attention.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Plus, the rental was pretty new. Any neighbor might assumed that, if not belonging to a visitor, the car could simply be a new acquisition of another nearby resident. No one is going to go door to door asking if someone got a new car unless they are pretty good friends.

In addition, only someone who is home all day would know that the car hadn't moved. Assuming most neighbors leave for work/etc each day, they would not know that the parked car hadn't done the same, just gotten back before they themselves did.

IMO

 

[dlharris2712]

When my brother died in March, we had a pretty good idea of what happened (overdose) but we couldn’t be 100% sure. And if it was in fact an overdose, we didn’t know if it was accidental or intentional. My mom couldn’t accept anything other than the official ruling/autopsy results, which took almost 6 months.

Her family may know what happened, they may not. Jmo.

Your story mirrors mine...my brother also OD'd. While we are pretty sure it was an accident...there is still the lingering sadness that it was suicide. One thing I know for sure...is that I miss my baby brother.

 

[kittythehare]

Not to split hairs here, but it was 5 days, and one of the neighbors did see the car, but thought her neighbor might have had visitors. The problems were 1. the police classified her as "voluntarily missing", 2. her family is not local, 3. there was not enough local publicity, 4. No GPS on rental car, and 5. apparently, the rental car company did not report the rental car as stolen. Because of these problems, neither police, family, the community, or the rental car company was looking for the car (or EV) apart from SJPD's initial search on Monday night. When the family arrived on the weekend, she was quickly found.

Good you pointed the 5 rather than 7 days out, that has implications for post mortem testing. Thanks.

 

[kittythehare]

Her husband is a doctor, (correction, he is a psychologist) but I still wonder what sort of medication she was taking...and was it counteracting with something else.

It's quite possible she was not on any medication. His heartfelt plea for help would surely have included a vital medication if it was relevant.

 

[kittythehare]

Your story mirrors mine...my brother also OD'd. While we are pretty sure it was an accident...there is still the lingering sadness that it was suicide. One thing I know for sure...is that I miss my baby brother.

I'm so very sorry. I lost my young brother too, to heart disease, un-diagnosed.

 

[Backstroke10]

way to go, eh?
It's a hard legacy.
I read, just last night about an old man who lived alone but had a caring family and he died by his electric fire in December but was not discovered until July and the electric fire was still turned on.
his pension had remained uncollected, his neighbors had not seen him. He had not attended his twice weekly outings in all that time.. he liked and courted his privacy..
e think we're massively substantial because we exist and then death takes us and nobody even notices...
I remember a meditation teacher telling me to meditate on my own death. It made sense, eventually... well it's still in the process of making sense, drip by drip.
Then there's grief..

There was a man deceased in the long term parking area of the Kansas City airport for 9+ months and no one noticed.

These stories are so sad. Months go by and nobody noticed. It shouldn’t be like this. It breaks my heart.

 

[mickey2942]

It's quite possible she was not on any medication. His heartfelt plea for help would surely have included a vital medication if it was relevant.

I was thinking about psychotropic medications.

 

[kittythehare]

I was thinking about psychotropic medications.

That's what I thought you meant.
he specifically stated no history mental illness. That would be psychotropics.

 

[mickey2942]

That's what I thought you meant.
he specifically stated no history mental illness. That would be psychotropics.

Not necessarily. Someone could have Attention Deficit Disorder, which is not "mental illness", but the medication is still classified as "psychotropic". There are several other categories of disorders, that could fit this same criteria.

 

[MsBetsy]

I was thinking about psychotropic medications.

According to the family she was not taking any medicine. Imo