A woman who was found dead in her driveway on the south side of Great Falls last week has been identified by authorities.
A woman who was found dead in her driveway on the south side of Great Falls last week has been identified by the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office.
Lisa Marie Doty, 48, was found face down in her driveway on the 1600 block of 30th Avenue South Saturday morning after likely succumbing to the exposure in frigid temperatures, according to a media release.
An investigation by the sheriff’s office found that Doty was driving home around midnight Saturday morning when she slid off the road and got stuck in a ditch. After unsuccessfully trying to dig her vehicle out of the snow, a passerby gave Doty a ride to her house about five blocks away and left.
Doty reportedly had dropped her keys near her vehicle and attempted to break a window to enter her home when she was unable to unlock the door.
Doty was found around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday by another passerby. Temperatures dropped as low as 14 degrees below zero that morning, and she was not dressed for the weather. An autopsy showed that exposure was likely a contributing factor as well as alcohol, according to the sheriff’s office.
Doty’s death is still under investigation.
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