Last week in Santa Fe, New Mexico the mummified remains of a Chicana teacher, activist, and author; Barbara Salinas-Norman, were discovered in a what appears to be a "trash-dump" of a home. Authorities and family of the woman believe the body has been inside the home for over a year. Over a year ago Barbara was a children's author, writing and publishing stories through Pinata Publications. A publishing company that she founded and designed "to help Mexican American children identify with their culture." Within recent times she became financially broke, according to her friends, at times homeless.
Her body was uncovered by her brother-in-law, Louis Ponce. Ponce stated "that he'd visited the home determined to find her, because it'd been such a long time- over two years- since he had last heard from her." Upon entering he had scented a very strong odor, and shortly after spotted her mummified remains covered in a red cloth, next to a poster. There were debris everywhere in the house, it appeared to look like Salina had been a hoarder.
In conclusion autopsy's revealed she had died of natural causes.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/14/mummified-body-chicana-author-found-in-new-mexico-home/
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