Earlier this week, the body of a dead man was discovered in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Walgreen’s at 300 E. Cornwallis Dr. in Greensboro after the vehicle sat for days in the lot with the body inside.
One employee at the Walgreen’s said it was his understanding that the body had been in the car for “four or five days” before it was discovered and police showed up to the grisly scene. He said that one factor that apparently kept people from seeing the body inside was that the windows were rolled up and heavily tinted. So, even if someone had been curious enough to try and look inside by getting close to the windows, it still would have been difficult to see inside.
The Rhino Times isn’t aware of any indication that foul play was involved in the incident in which the unfortunate man apparently died in his vehicle. Rumors and theories on social media include causes of death like a heart attack, drug overdose or heat stroke.
According to people posting on a Reddit discussion thread regarding the incident, just before the dead body was discovered, some customers informed store employees of a “trash smell” outside of the store and another customer noticed a large number of flies around the vehicle in the parking lot.
The incident was also discussed on the social media site Nextdoor.com, after several posters wanted to know why there was such a large police presence in the Walgreen’s parking lot.
One store employee said that a witness of the removal provided a very disturbing description of the body which had sat in the summer heat inside a car for days before being discovered.
Knowing how often pharmacies are broken into & robbed, how the hell is this possible? Does no one at the Police Department proactively patrol businesses at night anymore?
That store is open 24/7, so while it might get robbed, there is no danger of it being broken into. And even if the police make regular rounds, the presence of a car for an extended period of time can be a routine event.
My thoughts Exactly
why should police be expected to do this? shouldn’t property owners, employees & visitors using any structure or area take care of this automatically, with a phone call, as they go about their daily routine. assign a police officer to randomly drive around & check parked vehicles for the occasional rotting corpse? get real. business’s that ROUTINELY get robbed need a private security force, otherwise, they r a public NUISANCE!
That’s what I call great POLICE observation
Very sad seems people care more about animals around here than human! Poor fellow I pray he is in God’s care!
I totally agree with you, People think more of Dogs and cats then humans
Animals can not talk and speak up for themselves. Plus if you read the article, it stated the windows were heavily tinted and no one could see inside…..
Wonder how many of the tinted windows you see in GSO are legal?
Stop blaming the police for everything. You read the description of the vehicle with heavily tinted windows. How about the store manager who opens/closes the store each day checking the same car parked there after a few days?
I agree with murray; POLICE have more than they can do.
When you are 100-130 officers down you do not have time to check vehicles in the lot of a 24 hour business. Use some common sense.
My very thought is why didn’t a employee notice a car being there that long, it says on signs will be towed at owners cost This shows no employees nor people going in and out paid any attention to the car,smell,or movement near car and some people just don’t care,Why wasn’t someone checking out the parking lot it’s open 24 hrs so some bady is there all the times… J/s God be with family whom didn’t miss his…..
I don’t think there is any fault here. My only concern is for the people who had to open the door.
DITTO that dead person didn’t suffer the emotional trauma of having to interact with his putrid self!
Wow am much feel it more for the story if they am see the car out there why not a cops smell it and why the employee not check for smell flies much over area ?