The deaths of two women fit a pattern long established by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, police say, yet investigators could not immediately tie them to the assisted-suicide advocate.
One of the bodies was found early Monday inside Kevorkian's rusting 1968 Volkswagen van, parked outside the medical examiner's office. The other was dropped off at a hospital. But Kevorkian, who has acknowledged attending at least 45 suicides since 1990, has not acknowledged involvement in either death.The woman found dead in the van was identified as Elaine Louise Day, 79, of New Hall, Calif., The Detroit News said Tuesday, citing unidentified investigators.
The body dropped off at Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital was Lisa Lansing, 42, of Florham Park, N.J. Another woman left her there, telling hospital officials her friend had stopped breathing and she needed help getting her inside, emergency room physician Dr. Robert Aranosian said.