{"id":5365,"date":"2026-07-06T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:04:06","slug":"missing-woman-found-dead-inside-suv-at-mcdonalds-near-tampa-hcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5365","title":{"rendered":"Missing woman found dead inside SUV at McDonald&#8217;s near Tampa: HCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>UNIVERSITY, Fla.<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is investigating after a woman who had been reported missing last week was found dead inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a McDonald&#8217;s near Tampa on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=5364\">CDC reports early, strong start to West Nile virus season<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<h2>McDonald&#8217;s parking lot death investigation<\/h2>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to HCSO, deputies responded shortly before 7 a.m. to a McDonald&#8217;s in the University area located at 2205 E. 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