Christina Hall reports a 23-year-old Sterling Heights woman was found dead Monday in a Sterling Heights park in an apparent suicide and authorities found toxic substances inside her car, Sterling Heights police said.

The woman, who was not named, was found about 4:45 a.m. by an officer checking  Delia Park, 3001 Eighteen Mile.

The officer saw a 2006 Ford Focus parked in the west end of the parking lot. When the officer approached, there were signs in several visible locations on the car that read "Contact 911 Hazmat," police said.

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