It's not clear whether the impact of collision caused her death.
Rizzuto said investigation shows the wreck may have occurred on September 10, the last day she was seen. “There was video of her at one of the area shopping centers and she was wearing the same clothes (described in a Silver Alert).”
The trooper said a passing crop duster pilot noticed the car in a ditch estimated to be at least 8- to 10-feet deep. The tires of her vehicle were between 38- to 39-feet from the edge of the road. “It was so far down the average car could not have seen it,” Rizzuto said.