Found Deceased TX - Chrissy Powell, 39, San Antonio, Paralegal, didn’t arrive @work, BOLO, 5 July 2022

[steeltowngirl]

Update: Cause of death released in case of missing mom

SAN ANTONIO – The Medical Examiner's Office says the 39-year-old, Christina Powell, died from Hyperthermia complicated by alcohol intoxication. Her death has be

news4sanantonio.com

 

[Laura456]

What I don't understand is how nobody saw her...or did so many people "not want to get involved"? That would be truly chilling.

 

[bestill]

This is so sad! If only she hadn't tried to go to work. This may explain why the concern from her manager, she probably wasn't thinking or speaking clearly when they called her that morning.

 

[Seattle1]

Update: Cause of death released in case of missing mom

SAN ANTONIO – The Medical Examiner's Office says the 39-year-old, Christina Powell, died from Hyperthermia complicated by alcohol intoxication. Her death has be

news4sanantonio.com

SAN ANTONIO – The Medical Examiner's Office says the 39-year-old, Christina Powell, died from Hyperthermia complicated by alcohol intoxication. Her death has been ruled an accident.

Powell's body was found back on July 23 inside her car at the Huebner Oaks Shopping Center.

Powell had been missing for nearly three weeks before she was found.

 

[mewmew]

Gosh this just breaks my heart. I have struggled with alcohol addiction for years and I feel such sadness for Chrissy. Sometimes life is so hard and it feels like there’s no way to cope, so you drink. With her dealing with the anniversary of losing custody, it must’ve been terribly hard. Then the next morning, waking up late to a phone call from your boss, rushing out the door, and realizing along the way that you’re still drunk. She was probably so overwhelmed in that moment, or felt unsafe to drive, and figured she’d just sleep it off and deal with the consequences of work later. But the heat was too much. Was it ever mentioned why her ex had taken her child? Did she have a history of substance abuse? It’s a terribly hard thing to beat. You can be silently struggling while on the outside everything looks great - a “functioning alcoholic” as they say.

I’m NOT trying to say Chrissy had a drinking problem, just saying as someone who does have an issue that I feel her pain in that morning.

So sad.

All JMO

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Officials report complications from ethanol intoxication in the death of a missing S.A. mom

Christina “Chrissy” Powell had been missing for more than two weeks when she was...

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[Jinkasaurus]

The most puzzling aspect is why she ended up in that final location rather than somewhere else. Very difficult to guess why she was in that location when she was supposed to go to work.

 

[Tealgrove]

The most puzzling aspect is why she ended up in that final location rather than somewhere else. Very difficult to guess why she was in that location when she was supposed to go to work.

Well, if she was severely intoxicated we may never be able to figure out how she got to where she landed. She probably couldn’t explain it either.

So very sad.

 

[Jinkasaurus]

Its always unsettling when the difference between life and death hangs on just a few small random details. We tend to feel like we have much more control of our lives than we actually do.

 

[Kittybunny]

Gosh this just breaks my heart. I have struggled with alcohol addiction for years and I feel such sadness for Chrissy. Sometimes life is so hard and it feels like there’s no way to cope, so you drink. With her dealing with the anniversary of losing custody, it must’ve been terribly hard. Then the next morning, waking up late to a phone call from your boss, rushing out the door, and realizing along the way that you’re still drunk. She was probably so overwhelmed in that moment, or felt unsafe to drive, and figured she’d just sleep it off and deal with the consequences of work later. But the heat was too much. Was it ever mentioned why her ex had taken her child? Did she have a history of substance abuse? It’s a terribly hard thing to beat. You can be silently struggling while on the outside everything looks great - a “functioning alcoholic” as they say.

I’m NOT trying to say Chrissy had a drinking problem, just saying as someone who does have an issue that I feel her pain in that morning.

So sad.

All JMO

Yes. I hear you. I am in recovery and had a few incidents and episodes that could have ended this way, had I lived in the extreme heat of Texas.

Traveling for work after a relapse. Still shaky. Having to explain myself for missing a few days of work. Fully dressed, business attire, I enter the lobby of the office. The shakes and cravings are overwhelming. The pressure is overwhelming. I can't go up to the office. I flee, and walk in my heels a mile and a half to a restaurant with a bar for just one drink to take the edge off...only to come to hours later in my hotel room with no recollection of how I got back there.

I have no real idea of course, but I can imagine some thing like this happening, if Chrissy was struggling with so many things on her plate. It's heartbreaking to me.

Hugs to you @mewmew. I see you, I feel you, stay strong. I'm coming up on 5 years when I couldn't even go 5 minutes without a drink.

 

[mewmew]

Yes. I hear you. I am in recovery and had a few incidents and episodes that could have ended this way, had I lived in the extreme heat of Texas.

Traveling for work after a relapse. Still shaky. Having to explain myself for missing a few days of work. Fully dressed, business attire, I enter the lobby of the office. The shakes and cravings are overwhelming. The pressure is overwhelming. I can't go up to the office. I flee, and walk in my heels a mile and a half to a restaurant with a bar for just one drink to take the edge off...only to come to hours later in my hotel room with no recollection of how I got back there.

I have no real idea of course, but I can imagine some thing like this happening, if Chrissy was struggling with so many things on her plate. It's heartbreaking to me.

Hugs to you @mewmew. I see you, I feel you, stay strong. I'm coming up on 5 years when I couldn't even go 5 minutes without a drink.

@Kittybunny THANK YOU and hugs to you, as well!!! 5 years is amazing!! Reading your post, I had chills. I have totally been there - more than once. The worst feeling ever, hands down!

I imagine that that is how Chrissy felt. It’s such a hopeless, sinking feeling. I wish I could go back in time and tell her it’ll be alright.

 

[carbuff]

Hugs to all of you.

As I mentioned, I've been to that shopping plaza several times. It doesn't surprise me that nobody noticed her. People tend to drive around the edges, not through the lots, and park as close to the buildings as they can. If they do park out there, they're usually hurrying to get into the air conditioning. So there probably weren't many people walking past her and it doesn't sound like she was leaning against the window or something that would have attracted attention.

 

[dunlop]

Yes. I hear you. I am in recovery and had a few incidents and episodes that could have ended this way, had I lived in the extreme heat of Texas.

Traveling for work after a relapse. Still shaky. Having to explain myself for missing a few days of work. Fully dressed, business attire, I enter the lobby of the office. The shakes and cravings are overwhelming. The pressure is overwhelming. I can't go up to the office. I flee, and walk in my heels a mile and a half to a restaurant with a bar for just one drink to take the edge off...only to come to hours later in my hotel room with no recollection of how I got back there.

I have no real idea of course, but I can imagine some thing like this happening, if Chrissy was struggling with so many things on her plate. It's heartbreaking to me.

Hugs to you @mewmew. I see you, I feel you, stay strong. I'm coming up on 5 years when I couldn't even go 5 minutes without a drink.

yeah if I had to guess she probably had to drink more the next morning to fight hangover/withdrawals and the crippling anxiety that can come with it which caused her to pass out in her car.

 

[MountainGal33]

Hugs to all of you.

As I mentioned, I've been to that shopping plaza several times. It doesn't surprise me that nobody noticed her. People tend to drive around the edges, not through the lots, and park as close to the buildings as they can. If they do park out there, they're usually hurrying to get into the air conditioning. So there probably weren't many people walking past her and it doesn't sound like she was leaning against the window or something that would have attracted attention.

she could have also moved to the passenger seat and pushed it back to “sleep it off” or fell over forward or sideways (after she passed) so she wasn’t in window view …

 

[youarentsilly]

I don't follow. Was she so drunk the prior night that she was still drunk in the AM? I know there were reports she overslept. Maybe that is why? Or did she hit the bottle again that AM?

 

[BeckyF]

@Kittybunny THANK YOU and hugs to you, as well!!! 5 years is amazing!! Reading your post, I had chills. I have totally been there - more than once. The worst feeling ever, hands down!

I imagine that that is how Chrissy felt. It’s such a hopeless, sinking feeling. I wish I could go back in time and tell her it’ll be alright.

Added to possible alcohol addiction, she had just started a new job. If she had used alcohol to cope with stressful situations in the past, I’m sure she didn’t want her new employer to know she had a dependency on alcohol. No judgement from me. My condolences to her loved ones.

 

[mewmew]

I don't follow. Was she so drunk the prior night that she was still drunk in the AM? I know there were reports she overslept. Maybe that is why? Or did she hit the bottle again that AM?

Could be that she woke up feeling very hungover and had some quick drinks to “snap out of it” - which might’ve hit her as she started driving and realized there was no way she’d make it through the work day, so she pulled over. Just my theory based on my own unfortunate experiences.

 

[Friday Fan]

The most puzzling aspect is why she ended up in that final location rather than somewhere else. Very difficult to guess why she was in that location when she was supposed to go to work.

She probably liked to shop there. That shopping center is popular with moms her age.

I don't know if I had written this previously, but I was thinking this: When I run late or am frazzled, it's not unusual for me to drive in "auto-pilot" mode, which is my usual route which may or may not be in the direction of my destination...LOL
This "auto-pilot mode" is in my head. I'll end up driving south when I need to go north and I'm like, "darn...I'll be more late, than I already am".
However, I don't drink etc.
I thought Chrissy may have ended up at the shopping center when she drove in auto-pilot mode. However, I had no explanation for what happened to her when she got there. I still don't. It was incredibly hot, so I still don't have an explanation, except she must have been intoxicated enough that she did not get out of her vehicle.

She was obviously more than hungover.

She may have been intoxicated and thought, "Well, I'll go shopping"...But still it doesn't explain why she didn't get out of her vehicle.

 

[Friday Fan]

I wonder if it's possible that she was sitting in her car with the engine running, passed out and the car ran out of gas and stopped running before she could wake up?

 

[jash]

Could be that she woke up feeling very hungover and had some quick drinks to “snap out of it” - which might’ve hit her as she started driving and realized there was no way she’d make it through the work day, so she pulled over. Just my theory based on my own unfortunate experiences.

Very sad. A number of posters early on noted she appeared wobbly as she left her home and speculated she was under the influence. I wish she had told her job she was sick and wouldn't be coming in.