Overview
- Police discovered the 48-year-old's body about 4:30 p.m. Friday in a blue Toyota Yaris parked outside Lake Illawarra Police Station on Pioneer Drive in Oak Flats.
- Investigators say early indications are that she was in the vehicle since Tuesday evening during a severe heatwave, and paramedics were unable to revive her.
- Assistant Commissioner Joe Cassar said the woman appeared to have been living in the car, which was locked, with dark, dirty tinted windows that made it hard to see inside.
- An officer broke a window after noting the car had not moved for days and found the body under a large blanket in the back seat in an advanced state of decomposition.
- A South Coast critical incident team is reviewing CCTV and forensic evidence under Professional Standards Command review and Law Enforcement Conduct Commission oversight, with a report to be prepared for the coroner and formal identification pending.