Texas police on Wednesday discovered the long-dead body of a man slumped in his SUV in a Walmart on Sunday . Authorities in Deer Park say a manager from the store followed a foul odor to a silver Dodge Durango . Inside was the body of a Native American male , Chron.com reports . Investigators would later determine he 'd been dead for over a week . Followed an odor : The body of a Native American man was found in this silver SUV on Sunday in a Walmart parking lot after an employee followed a foul odor to the vehicle . Shopping center : Police say the man had been dead at least a week in the Deer Park , Texas shopping center . Police say the man 's vehicle had been in the parking lot since the time of his death . No foul play is suspected but police said Monday they were treating the SUV as a crime scene . The unidentified man was transported to the Harris County Medical Examiner 's for further examination . While startling , this is hardly the first body found in a parking lot of the retail mega-chain . Just last month , 29-year-old New Hampshire mother Maura Laughlin was found dead in her car in a Walmart parking lot after recently becoming homeless , the Concord Monitor reported . On March 2 , a homeless man was found dead in the car in which he lived in Brevard County , Florida after dying from what appeared to be natural causes , Florida Today reported . That body , too , was discovered because of its foul odor after the man had died days earlier . The same was true at another Florida Walmart , this one in Orlando , where a man 's body was discovered after decaying for several days back in 2011 . Crime scene ? Police say they 've seen no indication of foul play but are treating the SUV as a crime scene , nonetheless .
witnesses in Deer ##town , Texas say a Native American soldier was found slumped in his silver Dodge Durango on Sunday .