I thought someone said it was about 2 mi prior to work and not that far away…that may be wrong.
Did they not say the apple watch was “somewhere at home” when the story first came out?
Yes, but in the DM article her mother says that she was found with it on. Texas mom Chrissy Powell body sat unnoticed in hot car for three weeks
Another reason to question the DM's accuracy? All reports we'd read previously stated that both the phone and watch were not with her, and there was indeed some confusion as to whether the watch was located "somewhere at home" or was found immediately. Very strange. Can't an Apple watch be pinged? Guessing those settings have to be set up initially. I'm not sure as I don't own one.
My apologies, I looked right over that!
Yes, it was previously reported that both CP's phone and watch were left at home per her family.
nypost.com
people.com
IIRC, the watch was never said to have been found at home, just that it was pinging there.
I can't imagine what they're all going through. And let's not forget that if it's that hot outside, the temps INSIDE the car increase considerably (and yet people leave children and pets inside them all the time - sigh). It can get up to 140 degrees inside a car, in one hour, if it's 95 outside. I imagine even hotter in some areas as I've seen videos of people cooking on the dashboard to prove the temp. It is hard for me to imagine that they were able to immediately tell there were no signs of foul play right off the bat, given the condition she may have been in by that date.
This is what I believe too. I think she may have been dehydrated when she left home in a rush. Probably didn't eat or drink before she left. May have gotten dizzy or not feeling well. Pulled into the parking lot, maybe thinking she would call someone and realized she didn't have her phone. Moved over the console to look for it and passed out. The Texas heat took over. JMO
Except that she would have had the air conditioning on in her car.
If she left the car running or until it ran out of gas. Will be interesing to find out how much gas she had in the car.
Also, if she pulled over to search for her phone, wouldn't she have pulled into a parking lot closer to the intersection of Huebner and Rt 10? Instead, that large shopping center is one shopping center north of that intersection. She also could have headed south on Rt 10 and pulled over immediately in what looks like a USAA Bank parking lot.
Yes! Had the same thought and comment a few days back.
IMHO, hyperthermia cannot be the only cause of death or many, many more of us suffering through the misery of this Texas summer would be perishing.
I agree. Even if she got out of the car, turned off the engine for whatever reason, and then opened the passenger door to look to see if her phone fell under the seat, she'd be performing that action while outside of the car, not sitting ON the passenger seat. If she was upset after not being able to locate the phone, and just sat down for a moment on the passenger seat and closed the door, engine off, within 30 seconds I'd be outta there as I cannot stand heat, let alone that kind of intense heat. Could she have passed out and succombed to hyperthermia while passed out? I guess, but I agree that there has to be another complicating factor that perhaps tox will show.
Yes and I’m a teeny bit worried about her saying something to her employer to the effect of she thought it was still the weekend (IIRC). If she did have anxiety, many also suffer from insomnia and use Ambien to help sleep. However, it can create a morning grogginess and could have a person fighting off the med and falling back to sleep. Perhaps she thought she could just take an energy drink, was searching for them in the glove box, but dozed off, and the heat took her. Just thinking of possibilities, aside from those we’ve already discussed, and barring a sudden medical event like a heart attack or aneurysm - which are also a possibility.
I'm not sure that she told her employer she thought it was still the weekend. IIRC, the articles stated what Fox News had posted at one time, pasted here: "Sanchez described how one of his colleagues called Powell on the morning of July 5 when she did not arrive on time for work. He heard from the colleague, a woman, that Powell answered the phone and said, in sum and substance, that "it was the July 4th weekend, and she had overslept, but was on her way to work." "
