Body of missing woman Lauren Jessie Moss (22) had been in her car in a Walmart parking lot for up to 3 months

[scorpienne]

Three months after she went missing, a 22-year-old woman?s body was found inside a car parked outside a Wal-Mart in Salinas, according to the Monterey County Sheriff?s Office.

Wal-Mart employees found the body of Lauren Jessie Moss inside her silver Volkswagen Jetta on Feb. 3., according to television station KSBW in Salinas.

Moss was last seen leaving a rehabilitation center in nearby Seaside on Nov. 13. She was reported missing and a case was opened.

Police said the woman?s car had dark tinted windows and a sunshade covering the dashboard, which made it difficult to see inside the vehicle. The store?s security cameras only archive footage for 60 days, but video shows the car parked in the same spot since December.

The cause of death has not been determined, however the woman?s sister said she left a note and a drug needle was found inside the car.

http://ktla.com/2016/02/10/womans-body-found-in-car-parked-outside-walmart-for-three-months/

[Bewitchingstorm]

I read about this today. How horrible she was there in her car all that time.

[scorpienne]

I mean... Not to be indelicate here but nobody smelled a thing?

[PunkerDuckie]

if it was in a closed up car it'd make it harder to smell.

[Bewitchingstorm]

I cannot understand why a car sitting there for that long did not raise suspicion. Oh wait...Walmart.

[PunkerDuckie]

also salinas as a whole smells like cow shit from all the fertilizer. people most likely just thought it was the town

[scorpienne]

http://mydeathspace.com/article/2016...r_three_months


Seriously though, she'd been reported missing, the cops had her car description, her license plate #s ... how does this happen? Three months is a long time for a car with a body inside to sit in a highly trafficked area with security cameras.

[Bewitchingstorm]

also salinas as a whole smells like cow shit from all the fertilizer. people most likely just thought it was the town

I truly have no clue what Salinas is like.

[Bewitchingstorm]

Her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/lauren.moss.161/

Seriously though, she'd been reported missing, the cops had her car description, her license plate #s ... how does this happen? Three months is a long time for a car with a body inside to sit in a highly trafficked area with security cameras.

True. And I know if that were my family member I would be searching everywhere (even Walmart) for her and her car. Just so sad and tragic all around.

[Boston Babe 73]

Her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/lauren.moss.161/

Seriously though, she'd been reported missing, the cops had her car description, her license plate #s ... how does this happen? Three months is a long time for a car with a body inside to sit in a highly trafficked area with security cameras.

This. For real.
And if we park overnight on a city street around here you get ticketed within the first offending hour. I'm not understanding how this car sat there for 3 full months and nothing.

[PunkerDuckie]

the walmart here people camp out in (cars and motorhomes), some Wal-Marts allow long term parking. Salinas is fairly similar to our town economically. I can see how people maybe just thought someone was living out of their car. Unless WalMart employees or their security called it in to the city to complain about it, it could have been there forever.

[mydeathspace]

I truly have no clue what Salinas is like.

To be blunt, it's dangerous and a shithole.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-cou...-homicide-rate

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32510704/n.../#.VrwpjOaX8-A

[PunkerDuckie]

..and it smells like poop.

[Nic B]

I read she had just left rehab.

[songbirdsong]

She was beautiful.

I can see how her car sat there for so long. It's open 24/7, and at the one near me there are always at least 25 cars there even at ungodly hours. And besides, nobody even wants to make eye contact at Wally World, much less smush their face against someone's car window.

[DrMichaelBaden]

I have to google...but I know this has happened before recently...