If there are people at Rainbow Bridge, I know this poor lady is there.
Woman Found Frozen To Death Outside Home
Police: Woman Locked Herself Out Of Home
POSTED: 11:18 am EST January 21, 2008
LACROSSE, Ind. -- An 84-year-old woman who often fed wild animals outside her rural home died of hypothermia and exposure after locking herself out.
Mary Labounty was found Sunday near her back door, said John Sullivan, chief deputy coroner for LaPorte County.
Labounty's body was discovered by a friend who often took her on errands, he said. It appeared she had been dead for less than 24 hours, he said.
Labounty apparently locked herself out of her house and when she tried the latch on the back door, it snapped, probably from the cold, and cut her hand, Sullivan said.
She then lay down next to her golden retriever, likely in an effort to keep warm, he said.
The dog appeared healthy, he said. The woman's friend took possession of the dog.
LaBounty often rose at 4:30 a.m. to feed raccoons, deer and possums behind her house, investigators said.
Labounty's nearest neighbor is about a mile away, Sullivan said.
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