Dead body found in Lexus in Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot

To her horror, there was.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office found a dead man locked inside the Lexus at about 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Medina, a manager at the Dunkin’ Donuts, watched deputies surround the parking lot with yellow police tape.

Medina and her coworkers for days apparently smelled the man’s body, but assumed it was a dead animal in the bushes, she said.

“It was a nice car, too, so we never thought there might be something suspicious inside,” Medina said.

The tag on the car matched that of a Lexus driven by 33-year-old Christopher Wright, who went missing Saturday, Sept. 12.

Maria Mendoza pulled into the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot that morning, recognizing the Lexus from missing person fliers posted around the city.

“I’d seen a flier with his picture and car description at another Dunkin’ Donuts and it just stayed in my mind to look out for that white Lexus,” Mendoza said. “I remember thinking, ‘That’s somebody’s son, brother, husband.’ ”

She didn’t assume it was the same car until she saw a deputy from the local sherrif's office knock on the passenger window, she said.

“She knocked on the window, then knocked again. Then went back to the car and grabbed yellow police tape and surrounded the area,” Mendoza said.

That’s when Mendoza looked up the flier on Facebook and noticed the tag matched, she said.

The body has not yet been identified or commented on for the cause of death.

Wright was last seen in Lake Worth, Texas, according to his wife Jessica Wright's Facebook page. The family of the missing man created a website, helpfindchris.com, encouraging people to email or call in anonymous tips about his whereabouts.