Lisa Glaubitz, 34, after 5 mos. in parked car
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MILWAUKEE (Journal Sentinel) -- The body of a 34-year-old Greenfield
woman lay unnoticed for five months in a car in an airport parking lot,
prompting authorities to ponder the effectiveness of security in the lot
and the cause of her death.
A Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy on patrol Wednesday in Remote Lot A
at Mitchell International Airport found Lisa Glaubitz's body in the back
seat of her 1992 Geo Tracker after noticing that the vehicle had a flat tire
and its gas tank cover was hanging open.
The cause of Glaubitz's death was undetermined Thursday night. Autopsy
results were incomplete pending toxicology test results.
According to a medical examiner's report, Glaubitz lay under a blanket with
her left arm slung over the rear seat. A parking lot entry ticket found on the
dashboard indicates that the vehicle entered the lot on Feb. 7.
The Sheriff's Department and APCOA Parking Co., which runs all airport
parking lots, patrol the 1,585-car lot daily.
Airport spokeswoman Patricia Rowe said a new parking management system
that can be used to identify abandoned vehicles apparently failed.
APCOA employees log the license plates of all parked cars daily into a
database to keep track of which cars are parked in the lots overnight, she
said. The database is supposed to generate a list of cars parked over 30
days; that is the parking time limit posted at lot entrances unless a special
arrangement has been made.
"It's unfortunate that the new system wasn't working to help us resolve
this situation," Rowe said.
Although parking lot attendants log license plate numbers daily, sheriff's
deputies patrol all four of the airport's parking lots every two hours,
sheriff's
Capt. Sherry Weber said. Because so many cars sit empty in the lots
for months at a time, deputies usually won't scrutinize a vehicle unless
they see something unusual, she added.
Glaubitz's mother, Nancy, reported her daughter missing on Feb. 11.
Mrs. Glaubitz said Thursday that she recognized her daughter's car on
the news Wednesday night and contacted the medical examiner's office.
She said no one knew of any plans her daughter had to travel by plane
and had no idea why her car was at the airport.
According to Mrs. Glaubitz, her daughter broke up with her boyfriend in
January and moved out of the apartment they shared in Greenfield. She
bought the Geo Tracker in anticipation of moving out West, possibly to
Colorado, Montana or Oregon.
Mrs. Glaubitz said her daughter was last seen by her 29-year-old ex-
boyfriend on Feb. 7 after she moved back in with him for a few days. The
man contacted her on Feb. 11 to say that Lisa Glaubitz had not been
seen for a few days.
At first, Mrs. Glaubitz said she held out hope that her daughter simply
decided to move without informing anyone.
The last five months have brought many emotions, she said: fear, sadness,
anger, depression and hope.
"As long as there was no body or no vehicle found, I had hope," she
said.
Mrs. Glaubitz said her daughter was depressed over the breakup with her
boyfriend. According to the medical examiner's report, Lisa Glaubitz had
attempted suicide twice, using pills.
Mrs. Glaubitz said she is waiting to see what evidence the Sheriff's
Department finds before she starts drawing any conclusions about what
might have happened to her daughter.
The ex-boyfriend no longer resides in the apartment he shared with Glaubitz
and could not be located for comment.
July 14, 2000 / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Brian Watson
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> Body of Wisconsin Woman Lay 5 Months in Car Parked at Airport Lot
>
> MILWAUKEE (Journal Sentinel) -- The body of a 34-year-old Greenfield
> woman lay unnoticed for five months in a car in an airport parking lot,
> prompting authorities to ponder the effectiveness of security in the lot
> and the cause of her death.
> The ex-boyfriend no longer resides in the apartment he shared with
Glaubitz
> and could not be located for comment.
What a remarkable coincidence if he flew out from that very airport on the
day she was last seen.
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Brian