Missing Alabama woman found dead in police van parked outside police offices

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39. She entered the van on her own. It was used to transport inmates so it didn't open from the inside.

"The van was purchased in 1995 and had formerly been used to transport inmates. It has also been used to carry evidence released by courts to be destroyed after its use in trial. Because the van had formerly been used for inmate transportation, it was possible for a person to open the van doors from the outside, but not possible to open them from the inside, McCarver said. It is department policy that vehicles should be locked, he said."

There is video showing her entering the van, apparently.

This is an awful tragedy, but it appears that it was human error: someone failed to lock a car that was no longer in service and which proved deadly, like a junked refrigerator that still has its door.


https://www.al.com/news/2021/10/video-shows-christina-nance-in-huntsville-police-van-12-days-before-her-body-was-found.html