Disabled woman, 28, is found lying under blankets in backseat of car at towing yard NINE DAYS after her mother ‘abandoned’ her in the vehicle at a gas station
- The disabled woman was found in the back of the car on Valentine’s Day at the towing yard in Burien, Washington
- Police believe she had been there since February 5 – when they think she was abandoned by her mother at a gas station
- The gas station called for a tow, unaware the woman was inside the car
- The towing company took the vehicle and also were not aware she was inside
- It was only when the woman’s sister called police on February 14 to report her missing that she was discovered
- The woman’s 45-year-old mother has not been identified; police continue to investigate
A 28-year-old woman with severe disabilities was found lying unconscious in the backseat of a car last week at a tow yard, nine days after her mother abandoned her in the vehicle at a gas station.
The disabled woman has not been identified, nor has her mother but police continue to investigate.
On February 14, she was found lying under blankets and other ‘debris’ in the backseat of her 45-year-old mother’s 2004 Cadillac.
The vehicle had been towed to Skyway Towing and Recovery, an impound and towing lot in Burien, Washington State, from a nearby gas station.
It remains unclear when it was towed there but police believe the woman had been alone in the vehicle since February 5, when the mother abandoned it at the gas station.
On February 14, the day the woman was found in the car, Kent Police Department received a call from her sister reporting her missing.
This is the 2004 Cadillac that the woman was found in the backseat of, lying under a heap of blankets in the towing yard on February 14
This is the backseat the woman was found lying on. She was missed by the people at the gas station and the towing yard, who only opened the door to the car after police called them looking for her
The sister said she had not heard from her since earlier in the month and was concerned.
Cops then traced the mother’s vehicle to the towing yard and contacted the manager.
That is when they knocked on the window and found her inside.
‘Whoever it was that called us and said, “please search the car”, they saved her life.
‘They saved her life,’ the towing yard manager Bonafacio Pauza told WLOX.
He added that no one noticed her when they towed the car because she was ‘covered in clothing’.
The towing yard in Burien, Washington, where the woman was found on February 14
Bonafacio Pauza, the manager of the towing company, said he is glad the woman is alive
He praised the woman’s concerned sister, saying she saved her life.
‘The one person that was fabulous here was the girl’s sister. She’s got the whole thing. She’s a hero. That lady is alive right now because of her.’
A spokesman for Kent Police Department told DailyMail.com on Wednesday that the case was still under investigation, and that no one had been charged.
‘The disabled woman is 28 years old and was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
‘This case is still under investigation and as we obtain details that we can release we will update our information,’ they said.
The disabled woman was taken to the hospital in a critical condition on Valentine’s Day.
It is unclear if she is still there, or if she has been released.
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