Lawrence police were on the scene Saturday where the body of a 58-year-old Lawrence woman was found inside a late-model Ford Bronco parked behind a house in the 800 block of Tennessee Street.
Tow crews begin to load a late-model Ford Bronco after the body of a 58-year-old Lawrence woman was found inside Saturday morning parked behind a house in the 800 block of Tennessee Street.
The body of a 58-year-old Lawrence woman was discovered Saturday morning in a vehicle in the 800 block of Tennessee Street, according to Lawrence police.
Sgt. Michael McLaren said there were no signs of foul play, though an autopsy will be performed on the body.
A call was made to emergency dispatchers around 8:20 a.m. Saturday reporting the body, which was found in a dark blue, late-model Ford Bronco. The Bronco was parked in the driveway of a residence in the alley behind Tennessee Street, though McLaren said the deceased was not living at the home.
Police had portions of the alley closed off for several hours. Around 12:30 p.m., the Bronco was towed from the scene.
McLaren said no other details were available at this time.
Comments
Bushloather1 2 years, 4 months ago
Wow, what the....? Too bad.
George_Braziller 2 years, 4 months ago
I was driving by just as the ambulance and first police car arrived. None of them were rushing so it must have been obvious to whoever called that she had been dead for for quite a while.
puddleglum 2 years, 4 months ago
can we get a name?
BlackVelvet 2 years, 3 months ago
why is it important for the forum audience to know the name? If you were family, I'd bet you'd know already.
alfie 2 years, 3 months ago
Her first name is Angie
Parrysmom 2 years, 4 months ago
They probably won't give out a name until they identify the body and notify family first.
shaunepec 2 years, 3 months ago
puddleglum, At this point, we won't report the name since the circumstances on this aren't yet clear.
In cases of medical death or suicide, we usually wouldn't report the story at all, and this may turn out to be one of those. But, since it was found in a public place, and police wouldn't say it was definitively a medical, we reported on it.
So, if it does turn out to be a medical or a suicide, we will probably write an update to clear that up, but wouldn't name the person.
Does that make sense?
And Parrysmom is correct that even if it were an instance where we'd name someone, like in an auto fatality, we'd need confirmation from authorities that family was notified before we'd run the name.
Shaun Hittle Reporter LJW
cait48 2 years, 3 months ago
State law mandates that all unattended deaths be investigated and the cause of death determined by a coroner. We went through this when my daughter's father-in-law (who lived alone) just up and died one night while watching TV. They had to take the body to Topeka and had to have an autopsy.
skyking62 2 years, 3 months ago
"it" was found in a public place...the wording seems insensitive to me. Perhaps "the deceased", or "the body" would be better...just a suggestion.
cait48 2 years, 3 months ago
This.
cheeseburger 2 years, 3 months ago
The description of 'late-model' does not match the photo of a Bronco that is about 20 years old.
George_Braziller 2 years, 3 months ago
A woman has died and you are nit picking about the definition of a "late model" vehicle. That's pretty sad.
hail2oldku 2 years, 3 months ago
late model does describe a 20 year-old Bronco since that is pretty darn close to the last model year for a Bronco.
alfie 2 years, 3 months ago
Her first name was Angie
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