Idaho Falls Police: Woman fell, died in Haven parking lot
Published at | Updated at
IDAHO FALLS – A 63-year-old woman was found dead in The Haven Community Center parking lot on Yellowstone Highway. Police don’t expect foul play was involved.
Idaho Falls Police Chief Mark McBride said Haven surveillance video shows the woman walking around the parking lot and falling around 6:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9.
“Right now we’re trying to determine cause of death,” McBride said. “There was nobody else around and she was wandering around in the cold. We don’t know why she was out there, but we don’t suspect anything suspicious.”
Police dispatch received a phone call around 8:00 a.m. from someone who saw the body. Multiple officers responded to the scene.
McBride says the woman had been living in the Yellowstone Motel located next door to the community center. A friend, who does not want to be named, tells EastIdahoNews.com the woman struggled with alcoholism and had several health issues.
“She often locked herself outside of her room and asked for help getting back in,” the source told EastIdahoNews. “She had demons and we were worried about her.”
Detectives said they’re working to notify the woman’s family and, while they don’t believe her death was a homicide, nothing has been ruled out.
“There’s a lot of blood on the ground and we feel it’s just from her fall, but why she fell is what we have to determine,” McBride said.
Stay with EastIdahoNews.com for the latest on this developing story.
RELATED CONTENT
Police investigate death at The Haven Community Center in Idaho Falls