Local Tragedy: Investigating Caitlin Flanagan’s Accidental Death
The community recently mourned the tragic death of Caitlin Flanagan, whose passing has been confirmed as an accidental fall. Caitlin attended a party on the evening of July 21, 2019. When she left in her vehicle around 2:00 a.m., she accidentally left her phone behind with a friend at the gathering.
Surveillance footage captured Caitlin arriving alone at a closed business located at 8950 North Oracle Road at about 2:45 a.m. that same night. She tried to enter the building, but found the doors locked. Undeterred, she made her way to the second-story patio, attempting to gain access through another set of locked doors.
Caitlin then moved out of the camera’s view, and wasn’t seen descending the stairs. Later, around 3:43 a.m., she reappeared on the stairs, visibly injured, and returned to the upstairs patio. It was there that officers eventually found her.
The evidence at the scene and the results of an autopsy point to an unfortunate fall from the second story. Caitlin suffered a head injury consistent with this kind of accident. Environmental factors were also mentioned as playing a role in this unfortunate event.
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