Mom, daughter in mysterious ‘Mom-in-the-Box’ cold case ID’edBy Olivia Land
August 2, 2023
California police have identified a mother and daughter who were found dead nearly a decade ago in a bizarre cold case known as the “Mom-in-the-Box” investigation because the younger woman left behind her decomposing parent in a container before her own death from starvation.
The woman found dead from starvation in a vehicle in Monterey in February 2014 was Linda Rae Jacobs, 70, the Monterey Police Department announced on Tuesday.
A driver’s license at the scene of Jacobs’ death initially identified her as “Francesa Linda Jacobs” and listed her birth year as 1955, the authorities explained.
A search of Jacobs’ nearly empty apartment shortly after her body was found also led police to the decomposing remains of another female in a box under the kitchen table.
A handwritten will at the home identified the other woman — whose cause of death could not be determined — as Jacobs’ mother, whom she called Florence Ida Jacobs, the Monterey County Weekly reported at the time.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/mom-daughter-in-mysterious-mom-in-the-box-cold-case-ided/
