Lots of tweets are already assuming this was a hate crime, with no evidence. What is curious to me is that the authorities won't say whose car she was found in. They would also not say who found the body. If the body was found in a closed trunk, it would imply that the owner of the car found it.

Using a CNN story because it has the most details.

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Baton Rouge activist and museum founder discovered in a car trunk had been suffocated, coroner says
Nicole Chavez, associate writer CNN Digital

By Nicole Chavez, CNN
Updated 2:52 PM ET, Mon July 15, 2019

(CNN) Authorities say a beloved activist and founder of an African-American museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was discovered in the trunk of a car last week has been suffocated.

The body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph was recovered about 3:45 p.m. Friday after an anonymous caller reported finding her, Baton Rouge police spokesman Sgt. Don Coppola said. The preliminary cause of death was "traumatic asphyxia, including suffocation," the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office determined following a Monday autopsy.

The 75-year-old did not die by strangulation, coroner Beau Clark told CNN, saying without elaboration that her nose and mouth were blocked. Asked if he found any wounds on her body, Clark said he is not releasing any such details at this time. A toxicology report will be available in three weeks, he said.

Roberts-Joseph's family had seen her earlier that day, Coppola said.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/13/us/baton-rouge-sadie-roberts-joseph-dead/index.html