AHERTON, California – Police are investigating why someone buried a car in the yard of a million-dollar Northern California home in the 1990s and left unused concrete bags inside.
The car was discovered Thursday morning by landscapers in the affluent Silicon Valley town of Atherton, police said in a news release.
Cadaver dogs warned of the possibility of human remains, but no one was found more than 12 hours after the vehicle was recovered, according to Atherton Police Cmdr. Daniel Larsen.
Police believe the car was buried 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 meters) deep in the 1990s – before the current owner bought the house – but Larsen did not say what caused it. detectives came to that conclusion.
He said unused concrete bags were placed all over the car, even though it had been covered with dirt on the roof.
The home and vast property is valued at $15 million, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Larsen said the current landlord is not under investigation.
Atherton is one of the wealthiest towns in America, with about 7,000 residents in an area of nearly 5 square miles (13 square kilometers). Among the area’s past and present hosts: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Facebook executives Nick Clegg and Sheryl Sandberg, Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, and the NBA’s Steph Curry.
