Woman found dead inside car containing a ‘chemical substance’ on Alligator Alley, BSO says
The Broward Sheriff’s Office released the name of a missing woman who was found dead in a car parked at a rest stop on Alligator Alley — with a chemical agent inside the vehicle.
The bizarre case started when deputies went to the 5500 block of North Ocean Blvd. in Lauderdale-by-the Sea last week to conduct a welfare check on a possible missing person. Deputies received no response once they arrived, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Then on Friday, they received a tip that the woman’s car was seen at a rest stop at the 31000 block of Alligator Alley in Weston, according to the sheriff’s office.
A Local 10 news helicopter’s camera caught a photo of a note attached to the windshield of the Subaru the woman was inside that read: “Danger-Deadly gas-Call HAZMAT.”
The sheriff’s office detailed that a chemical substance was inside the car with the woman, whom they identified Tuesday as Iva Vucic. The type of substance is under investigation. BSO has not released the woman’s age.
A deputy who was first on the scene was taken to a hospital as a precaution, the sheriff’s office said.
“Detectives with BSO Crime Scene and Homicide units are investigating the circumstances surrounding this active incident,” sheriff’s office spokeswoman Gerdy St. Louis said in an email.
Thomas Steinkamp, an investigator with the Broward County Office of Medical Examiner and Trauma Services, said in an email Tuesday to the Herald that “the cause of death currently pending further studies.”
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published February 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM.
