Dead body of woman in Walmart parking lot may have been lying there for months

Lauren Jessie Moss, 22, was reported missing from a rehab facility on November 13 of last year. On Wednesday police recovered her body from her silver 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, which had been in a Walmart parking lot since the end of last year. Monterey County sheriff's Cmdr. John Thornburg said he thought the body had only been in the car for a few days before it was discovered on February 3. However, the Walmart security footage leads to a conclusion that the girl had been dead in the car for months.  Security footage from the Walmart only goes back to early December, but the video show's Lauren's car there in the same spot as when it was found. Lauren's windows were tinted and she had a sun protector in her window, making it hard for other people to spot her.

Her car was investigated after a Walmart employee noticed the silver Jetta had been in the same spot for days. An autopsy has been completed and Moss' family notified but no cause of death has been established. Moss’s sister says that Moss left a suicide note behind for her family and police said they thought Lauren committed suicide.