{"id":764506,"date":"2026-06-27T10:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:35:20","slug":"mystery-surrounds-death-of-mma-fighter-mother-of-two-found-inside-car-at-san-jose-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764506\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery surrounds death of MMA fighter, mother of two found inside car at San Jose State University"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mystery continues to swirl around the deaths of a mixed martial arts fighter<\/a> and a mother of two who were found unresponsive inside a parked car at a San Jose State University parking garage, as authorities continue to keep their causes of death under wraps.<\/p>\n

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office<\/a> on Thursday identified the victims as Angelo Henry, 36, and Deziree Auelua-Misa, 30, weeks after the pair was discovered inside a vehicle in the university’s West Garage at the corner of South Fourth and East San Salvador streets.<\/p>\n

The grim discovery unfolded<\/a> on the afternoon of May 23 after concerns mounted when the pair remained motionless inside the parked car for hours.<\/p>\n

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A mystery continues to swirl around the deaths of a mixed martial arts fighter and a mother of two who were found unresponsive inside a parked car at a San Jose State University parking garage, as authorities continue to keep their causes of death under wraps. Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n

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The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday identified the victims as Angelo Henry, 36, and Deziree Auelua-Misa, 30, weeks after the pair was discovered inside a vehicle in the university’s West Garage at the corner of South Fourth and East San Salvador streets.<\/p>\n

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The grim discovery unfolded on the afternoon of May 23 after concerns mounted when the pair remained motionless inside the parked car for hours. Dignity Memorial<\/p>\n

According to university police Capt. Jermaine Thomas, the vehicle had been spotted earlier in the day, but officers initially believed the occupants were sleeping.<\/p>\n

Authorities were only alerted after neither person appeared to move for several hours.<\/p>\n

San Jose State University officers attempted life-saving measures, but Henry and Auelua-Misa were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Officials have not released the causes of death, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

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Authorities were only alerted after neither person appeared to move for several hours. Gofundme<\/p>\n

Henry, a Seaside native from Monterey County, was known in the local combat sports community as both a mixed martial arts fighter and fight promoter. Auelua-Misa, also from Seaside, worked as a food and beverage manager at a hotel.<\/p>\n

Both victims were parents.<\/p>\n

A GoFundMe campaign created by Auelua-Misa’s sister has raised more than $24,000 toward its $30,000 goal. According to the fundraiser<\/a>, Auelua-Misa leaves behind two children, who will receive a portion of the donations.<\/p>\n

“As our family grieves her loss, we are also stepping in to make sure her babies are surrounded by love, stability, and support during this heartbreaking transition,” her sister wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mystery continues to swirl around the deaths of a mixed martial arts fighter and a mother of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[272026,49,48,83833,272027,641,272029,272028,638,272025,82],"class_list":["post-764506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-angelo-henry","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-causes-of-death","tag-deziree-auelua-misa","tag-fighting","tag-medical-examiners-office","tag-mixed-martial-arts-fighter","tag-mma","tag-san-jose-state-university","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}