re: Landscapers find concrete-filled car buried for decades in yard of Silicon Valley mansion

That's neat. Just wet the bag first, let the concrete harden in the bag, peel the bag off, instant landscaping block.

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That's neat. Just wet the bag first, let the concrete harden in the bag, peel the bag off, instant landscaping block.

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you don't even have to peel the bag off, they're biodegradable and usually are off within a few months..

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Maybe the hope was that the liquids as the body broke down would absorb into the concrete, somehow masking the odor or dna? I don’t know, I’m just spitballing here.

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Concrete has lime in it.. I have heard said that lime breaks down the putrid decomposing smell... or that could be an old internet wives tales.

NBC Bay Area reports that the car, a Mercedes convertible that appears to be a 1990s SL, is out of the ground and currently being examined for any evidence that may point to what actually happened. Police say they still don’t know why the car was buried, but KRON4 says it was reported stolen in 1992. So insurance fraud seems likely, although it’s possible the insurance fraud was connected to another crime.