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Autopsy Results From Death Of Missing Woman

Posted: Mar. 23, 2023 5:39 PM PDT

Autopsy results have been released regarding the death of a 79-year-old Nevada City woman whose body was found in January. Nevada County Sheriff’s Department Administrative Analyst, Leslie Williams, says Phyllis Brodie was first reported missing on Friday evening, January 13th…

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Williams says Brodie’s body was found Sunday afternoon, the 15th, in the carport of an unoccupied home near Banner Mountain Trail, and only about a mile from her home. And the cause of death was described as “probable hypothermia due to prolonged exposure”….

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Hypothermia is described as a condition of having an abnormally low body temperature, typically one that’s dangerously low. Williams says temperatures that weekend had dropped to the low-30’s at night, with highs in just the low-40’s.

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