DETROIT (AP) - The family of a woman whose mummified body likely was found in a suburban Detroit garage had tried for years to find her and even reached out to police to check the home, relatives said Tuesday.
Pia Farrenkopf was a successful self-employed financial trouble-shooter who traveled the world and greatly valued her privacy, said Paula Logan, a sister in Carver, Mass.
'It kills us to read that maybe nobody cared for her,' nephew Eric Logan of Plymouth, Mass., told bberitaa.blogspot.com. 'It's completely opposite. All of us are just devastated. ... We have been looking for her. We've done everything we could do, shy of us kicking the door ourselves.'
The body of a woman who may have died as long ago as 2008 was discovered last week in the rear seat of a Jeep in the attached garage at Farrenkopf's home in Pontiac, 30 miles north of Detroit.
Paula Logan told the AP she feels '100 percent sure' it's her sister, but authorities haven't confirmed the identity yet.
Oakland County authorities have said Farrenkopf paid her mortgage and other bills automatically through a checking account that once had a balance of $54,000. The money ran out a year ago, and the home went into foreclosure. A contractor sent by the lender discovered the body.
Investigators are puzzled: There was no sign of foul play, and the key in the ignition was in the off position. The fuel tank had gas.
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