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Dead woman found inside car leaves note: ‘Call 911 Hazmat’

Woman was unresponsive in the driver’s seat, with a bucket of unknown liquid and containers of muriatic acid near her

Detroit Free Press

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. —A 23-year-old Sterling Heights woman was found dead today in a Sterling Heights park in an apparent suicide and authorities found toxic substances inside her car, Sterling Heights police said.

The woman, who was not named, was found about 4:45 a.m. by an officer conducting a check of Delia Park, 3001 Eighteen Mile. The officer saw a 2006 Ford Focus parked in the west end of the parking lot. When the officer approached, there were signs in several visible locations on the car that read “Contact 911 Hazmat,” police said.

The officer smelled a strong odor of an unknown substance coming from within the car and saw the unresponsive woman in the driver’s seat. A bucket containing an unknown liquid and containers of muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) were found inside the car, police said.

Full story: Suicide at Sterling Heights park becomes HAZMAT scene