Cause of Death Released For Mahwah Woman Found Dead In Yard

MAHWAH, NJ - The township woman who was found dead on her property Monday died from coronary artery disease, authorities said.

Children coming home from school found 64-year-old Mary Wall dead in her Sunnyside Road yard, Mahwah police said. Wall was wearing a jacket and holding a shovel when her body was discovered. The kids knocked on Wall’s front door, but no one answered. They then noticed Wall’s body, which was covered in snow, with the jacket and told their parents, who called 911.

Wall died from coronary artery disease, said Bergen County executive spokesman Michael Pagan. The cold was also a contributing factor.

Coronary artery disease and the cold also contributed to the death of Frances McQuaige, a 78-year-old New York resident who was found dead in a Burger King parking lot in Hackensack Monday.

Police said Monday that McQuaige told Burger King employees that she was going to stay in the car Saturday night because she was too afraid to drive in the storm.