Mid-Michigan woman found in assisted living parking lot dies from ‘extreme cold exposure’

BATH TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A woman in Bath Township who was found in a parking lot of an assisted living community on Friday has died due to “extreme cold exposure.”

According to Bath Township police, a snow plow driver clearing the parking lot of the Timber Ridge Village assisted living community discovered an 82-year-old resident curled up in the snow at 7 a.m. on Dec. 23.

When discovered, staff from the assisted living community, along with police and fire departments, attempted to treat the resident. Police say that the woman was eventually transported to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, where she died.

Bath Township police are investigating the incident.