According to the Sheriff’s Office:
A truck driver called police last night after he stopped at a rest area in Resaca to find that his female acquaintance was "unresponsive." The driver said the woman had been traveling with him.
At approximately 8 p.m., deputies arrived at the scene and found the body of Ester Powell-Scott, 52, of Plainwell, Mich. in the sleeper compartment of the truck.
Emergency personnel attempted to revive her, but were unable.
Bo Nicholson, from the Gordon County Coroner’s Office, said Powell-Scott had extended medical problems and appears to have died of natural causes.
Special Agents from the Regional Georgia Bureau of Investigation are now investigating the circumstances surrounding Powell-Scott’s death.
The body was sent to the State Crime Laboratory in Decatur, Ga. for a post-mortem examination, which is routine.
The Calhoun Times
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