Seattle Police responded to a report of a deceased woman in a vehicle in the Laurelhurst neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Police arrived just after 2:00 a.m. in the 4500 block of 40th Avenue Northeast and found the woman wrapped in a blanket, inside a black SUV in the emergency drop zone of a hospital.
Seattle Fire Department personnel were on scene and confirmed the woman had died.
It appears the 39-year-old female may have overdosed on narcotics; however, the King County Medical Examiner’s Officer will confirm manner and cause of death.
Meanwhile, if anyone has information about this incident, please call the SPD’s Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206)233-5000.
