A homeless San Diego woman was left to die in the back of her wrecked van that was towed — because no one checked inside first before the vehicle was shipped off to an impound lot, according to her family’s $50 million lawsuit.
Monica Cameroni de Adams suffered “severe, but survivable, blunt force injuries” when a drunk driver slammed into her Honda Odyssey that was parked on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard on Nov. 5, 2023, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Post Friday.
The van, which Cameroni de Adams called home, was immediately towed to an impound lot — with no one spotting the injured 65-year-old, who was readily visible in the middle row seats, the complaint alleged.
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Monica Cameroni de Adams, 65, was found in the back of her van a month after she died. Family photo via CBS8
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The impounded Honda Odyssey where De Adams was found. CBS8
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De Adams’ two children are suing San Diego for $50 million. Family photo via CBS8
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“The death was proximately caused by leaving her alone, struggling with her injuries inside of her car, entombing her in her car, taking her car to the tow yard and leaving her there to die,” the family’s lawyer John Carpenter told CBS 8.
Cameroni de Adams’ badly decomposed remains were only discovered a month later, on Dec. 6, 2023, when a yard worker reported to cops a “pungent smell” coming from the van, the suit said.
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Monica Cameroni de Adams suffered “severe, but survivable, blunt force injuries” when a drunk driver slammed into her Honda Odyssey that was parked on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard on Nov. 5, 2023, according to the lawsuit obtained by The Post Friday.
The van, which Cameroni de Adams called home, was immediately towed to an impound lot — with no one spotting the injured 65-year-old, who was readily visible in the middle row seats, the complaint alleged.
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Monica Cameroni de Adams, 65, was found in the back of her van a month after she died. Family photo via CBS8
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The impounded Honda Odyssey where De Adams was found. CBS8
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De Adams’ two children are suing San Diego for $50 million. Family photo via CBS8
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“The death was proximately caused by leaving her alone, struggling with her injuries inside of her car, entombing her in her car, taking her car to the tow yard and leaving her there to die,” the family’s lawyer John Carpenter told CBS 8.
Cameroni de Adams’ badly decomposed remains were only discovered a month later, on Dec. 6, 2023, when a yard worker reported to cops a “pungent smell” coming from the van, the suit said.

Homeless woman left to die in impounded van — because no one looked inside, family’s $50M lawsuit claims
Monica Cameroni de Adams suffered “severe, but survivable, blunt force injuries” when a drunk driver slammed into her parked van in 2023.
