Missing Texas mom Christina Powell found dead inside car at mall

A lacking Texas mom who was final seen speeding to work practically three weeks in the past has been discovered useless inside her automobile in a shopping center parking zone, police mentioned Monday.

Christina Lee Powell’s physique was found Saturday evening after a safety guard seen a “foul odor” coming from the car parked outdoors the Huebner Oaks Heart in San Antonio.

The safety guard approached the 39-year-old’s black 2020 Nissan Rogue after realizing the automobile had been parked in the identical spot outdoors the mall for a couple of week, police mentioned.

“He appeared contained in the car and noticed a physique within the entrance passenger aspect seat and referred to as 911,” police mentioned.

Police mentioned there was no obvious trauma to Powell’s physique, however a medical expert was finishing up an post-mortem to find out her official reason for loss of life.

It wasn’t instantly clear when Powell died.

Christina Lee Powell’s physique was found inside her black 2020 Nissan Rogue outdoors the Huebner Oaks Heart in San Antonio on Saturday evening, police mentioned.

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The 39-year-old was final seen on a doorbell safety digicam leaving her house on July 5 to move to work.

Powell’s mom, Claudia Moble, mentioned her daughter had referred to as the workplace to say she was working late — however by no means confirmed up.

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Her purse and ID have been discovered contained in the automobile and used to positively establish her, cops mentioned.

Powell’s mom, Claudia Moble, broke the information of her daughter’s loss of life on Fb, writing on Monday: “My stunning daughter, Christina Powell, has been discovered, deceased. I'm heartbroken. Thanks all to your prayers.”

Powell had been lacking since July 5 after she set off from her San Antonio house to move to her paralegal job, her household mentioned on the time.

She was captured on her doorbell safety footage speeding to depart the home at about 10:30 a.m. — abandoning her cellphone and Apple Watch.

Moble, who additionally lives on the house, mentioned her daughter had referred to as her workplace to allow them to know that she could be in late.

Cops mentioned there was no obvious trauma to Powell’s physique when it was found in her automobile, however an post-mortem was being carried out to find out the reason for loss of life.

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A colleague got here to Powell’s house hours later when she failed to point out on the workplace, Moble mentioned.

“I felt like she was going, I believed she was going to work — and I feel she felt like she was going to work,” Moble informed Fox Information quickly after she reported Powell lacking.

She added that nothing appeared out of the unusual and that Powell hadn’t mentioned something outstanding to her mother earlier than she left.

“We didn’t actually have any type of in-depth dialog. It was principally, ‘Good morning.’ She informed me she was late,” Mobley mentioned.

“Then, she was leaving for work and I informed her to watch out. And I in all probability informed her, ‘I like you.’”