Chrissy Powell death: Missing Texas woman found dead in PASSENGER seat of her car had been there for days
Update: Christina Lee Powell, 39, was last seen leaving her house at 10:34 am on July 5. The doorbell cam footage showed her rushing out for work and then just disappearing. She was missing for three weeks, after which her body was found in her car that was parked in front of a shopping plaza on July 23. Initially, the cause of the death had not been determined.
On September 9, the results of her autopsy was revealed. Bexar County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that Powell suffered an accidental death caused by hyperthermia with complications from ethanol intoxication. The investigation into her death is now closed.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: A missing San Antonio woman was found dead in a vehicle parked in a shopping plaza on the city's Northwest Side on Saturday, July 23, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Christina Powell, 39, was last seen leaving her house in a rush on the morning of July 5. She is believed to have been there for days, police and a law enforcement source told Fox News Digital on Monday, July 25.
Powell's body was discovered in the front passenger seat of her 2020 Nissan Rogue around 6:45 pm at the San Antonio mall parking, with no apparent signs of trauma. Investigators are now working to determine the cause and manner of her death. The mother of one was last seen on her home's doorbell leaving for work at 10.30 am on July 5. According to The Sun, the family received the devastating news that her body was in the vehicle when it was found. "No one even knew she was there," Powell's mother Claudia Mobley said through tears. "It's rough. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to go through." "She was a wonderful girl. We were almost like friends, not just mom and daughter. I miss her," Mobley added.
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A security guard manning the parking lot for the Huebner Oka Center in San Antonio called the police on Saturday evening after he spotted the woman’s body inside and "reported a foul odor coming from" inside, SAPD said.
The guard told investigators the vehicle had been "parked in the same location for about a week," police said. The mall complex is located approximately four miles away, a 10-minute drive from her Red Hill Place home. Police and medical personnel responded to the scene and pronounced the victim, identified as Powell, dead. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of Powell’s death.
This is the last time anyone has seen Chrissy Powell, a mother & paralegal in Texas who rushed out the door because she was late to work. Authorities say she may be in danger. Hear from her close friend & her employer on #NewsNationPrime 8/7CT. pic.twitter.com/7gJemotYJu
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Police said Powell suffered no apparent injuries and her purse, which contained information that confirmed her identity, was also inside. It was not immediately clear if any medication or writings were recovered at the scene.
Temperatures in San Antonio averaged at least in the high 80s and low 90s during the approximate time Powell’s vehicle was believed to have been parked in the lot. Claudia Mobley confirmed the news on Facebook on Monday morning, writing, "My beautiful daughter, Christina Powell, has been found, deceased. I am heartbroken. Thank you all for your prayers."
On the morning of her disappearance, Powell had reportedly told her mother she was running late for work. She had left her cell phone and her Apple Watch at home when she left. Mobley had checked Powell's bank accounts and noticed there had been no transactions for weeks.
