Lauren Jessie Moss found dead in her car at a Walmart was likely there for MONTHS

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Lauren Jessie Moss, 22, was reported missing in November
Her body was discovered in her car in a Walmart parking lot on Feb. 3
Security footage from December shows her car still in the same spot

Published: 11:17 EST, 10 February 2016 | Updated: 12:04 EST, 10 February 2016

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Lauren Jessie Moss, 22, (pictured) was found dead in her car in a Walmart parking lot after being reported missing in November of last year

A 22-year-old woman who died in her car in a Walmart parking lot is thought to have been there for months.

Lauren Jessie Moss was reported missing from a rehab facility on November 13 of last year.

On Wednesday police recovered her body from her silver 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, which had been in a Walmart parking lot since the end of last year.

Monterey County sheriff's Cmdr. John Thornburg said he thought the body had only been in the car for a few days before it was discovered on February 3.

However, the Walmart security footage leads to a conclusion that the girl had been dead in the car for months.

Security footage from the Walmart only goes back to early December, but the video show's Lauren's car there in the same spot as when it was found.

Lauren's windows were tinted and she had a sun protector in her window, making it hard for other people to spot her.

Her car was investigated after a Walmart employee noticed the silver Jetta had been in the same spot for days.

Thornburg said she was considered a 'voluntary missing adult' because nothing indicated she had been involved in an argument or altercation before her disappearance.

An autopsy has been completed and Moss' family notified but no cause of death has been established.

Moss’s sister says that Moss left a suicide note behind for her family and police said they thought Lauren committed suicide.

If a person is at risk, he or she or a family member is urged to called the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

Lauren's car, a silver 2003 Volkswagen Jetta, had tinted windows and a sun protector, which made it hard to see inside. Her car was spotted by a Walmart employee who noticed the car in the same spot for a few days

Lauren's car was seen on this Walmart's security footage as far back as early December and could possibly have been there longer, although police estimated she had committed suicide a few days earlier