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Woman found dead in Wal-Mart parking lot ID’d
By Patrick McCrelessCullman police have identified the woman whose body had been sitting in a parked vehicle for two days prior to its discovery Monday.
Sgt. Billy Handley of the Cullman Police Department identified the victim as Patricia Glasscock, 48 of Hanceville.
According to police reports, Glasscock’s body was discovered at approximately 3:30 p.m. in a brown, 1999 GMC pickup truck parked in the Wal-Mart Super Center parking lot by a local citizen.
“We believe she had been parked down there since early in the morning on May 2,” Handley said.
Handley said investigators would soon review the outside security video at Wal-Mart to possibly learn more details about Glasscock’s final hours.
Though the cause of Glasscock’s death has not yet been determined, Handley said investigators were not treating the incident as a homicide.
Cullman County Coroner Gary Murphree said the body would be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Capt. Jimmy Rodgers of the Hanceville Police Department said Glasscock’s family reported her missing Saturday. Glasscock was reportedly last seen on County Road 634 in Hanceville.
“She’d had some suicidal issues in the last couple of months and they (family) hadn’t spoken to her in the last couple of days prior to the report,” Rodgers said.
Family members did not know why she was at Wal-Mart.
“She wasn’t a Wal-Mart employee,” Rodgers said.
For complete obituary on Ms. Glasscock see page 4A.
‰ Patrick McCreless can be reached by e-mail at patrickm@cullmantimes.com or by telephone at 734-2131 ext. 270.
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