Meth Killed Murrieta Mom At Center Of Mysterious Death: Coroner

MURRIETA, CA — Nearly four months after a Murrieta woman went missing — only to be found later that week, dead on an area hiking trail — more results from her autopsy have been released. The Riverside County Sheriff's Department says Jennifer Kinsella-Grindle died from "acute methamphetamine intoxication" — a meth overdose.

Sheriff's Deputy Mike Vasquez says the coroner's office classified the death as accidental.

The 41-year-old mother of three first went missing on Aug. 28. It was a stranger who last saw her, apparently looking disoriented and asking for water on the Tenaja Truck Trail, according to family friends. That same day, it reached 113 degrees and the region was slammed by a monsoonal thunderstorm. Kinsella-Grindle's body was found four days later, lying off the trail.

Her disappearance and subsequent death stunned the community. Many reached out over the past several weeks and months looking for answers.

Weeks later, the only thing the immediate autopsy revealed was that there were "no obvious signs of homicide or suicide" as officials waited for the toxicology results, Vasquez said back in September.

A GoFundMe account was set up shortly after Kinsella-Grindle went missing. It's raised nearly $10,000 to date.

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