Police are investigating why someone buried a car in the yard of a multi-million dollar Northern California home in the 1990s, leaving bags of unused concrete inside.
The car was found Thursday morning by a landscaper in the wealthy Silicon Valley town of Atherton, police said in a news release.
A corpse dog warned of possible human remains, but was not found more than 12 hours after the car was recovered, Atherton Police Chief Daniel Larsen.
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Police believe the car was buried four to five feet deep in the 1990s before the current owner bought the home, but Larsen wouldn’t say why detectives came to that conclusion. I did.
Disused concrete sacks were placed throughout the vehicle, while the roof was covered with dirt, he said.
The sprawling home and estate is valued at $15 million, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Larsen said the current homeowner has not been investigated.
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Atherton is one of the wealthiest towns in the United States, with about 7,000 residents living in an area of about 5 square miles.