Pia Farrenkopf’s corpse was only discovered when maintenance workers entered her house in 2014 (Picture: Facebook)

An IT worker’s body lay undiscovered in her car for five years.

Pia Farrenkopf’s body was not found until recently despite having a job, a family, mail piling up to the point that it was returned to the post office, and her house falling into disrepair.

Her last known activity was in February 2009 when she withdrew $1,500.

She had some money still in her account, but that ran out in 2013. Despite this, she still wasn’t found until last year.


Pia’s body was only discovered on the back seat of a jeep when two repairmen went to her house in Pontiac, Michigan.



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Pia Farrenkopf’s school yearbook photo (Picture: Facebook)

Previously Pia had been known to be a ‘solitary person’ and was considered tidy.

But when she was discovered, she was surrounded by packets of cigarettes, a bottle of wine, and her house was littered.

Paying tribute, her friend Joan Gill Strack said that Farrenkopf was ‘fun to be around.’

Michael Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, said: ‘There was no trauma to the body, so it only leads to a couple conclusions…either it was a medical situation that led to her death or something self-induced’.

Although the cause of her death is unknown, investigators have said that her car had a full tank of fuel, ruling out the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning.

According to the Detroit Free Press, her mummified corpse made a toxicology report impossible.