The sister-in-law of former presidential nominee and\u00a0ex-Utah senator Mitt Romney was found dead on a street in a Los Angeles suburb Friday evening, according to officials and reports.<\/p>\n
Carrie Elizabeth Romney was discovered dead on a street near a shopping mall parking garage in Valencia, Calif. at around 8:30 p.m.,\u00a0TMZ\u00a0<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n She was 64 years old. Her death is being investigated,\u00a0and a\u00a0cause and manner have not yet been determined, according to records from the Los Angeles County coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Former GOP presidential candidate and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney\u2019s sister-in-law was found dead on a Los Angeles suburb street. Graeme Sloan\/Sipa USA<\/p>\n Police on the scene of where Romney\u2019s sister-in-law\u2019s body was discovered. KNN<\/p>\n It\u2019s \u201cunknown at the moment\u201d if Carrie \u201cjumped or fell\u201d from the multi-story parking garage or a nearby building, Los Angeles County Deputy Brenda Serna wrote in an email to The Post.<\/p>\n The medical examiner\u2019s office and Mitt Romney did not immediately return requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Republican senator led a presidential campaign against former President Barack Obama in 2012. He made decent headway countrywide, making for a tight race that he ultimately lost.<\/p>\n No foul play is suspected in Carrie Elizabeth Romney\u2019s death. KNN<\/p>\n He tried to organize a campaign for the 2008 race, but lost the Republican bid to the late Arizona Senator John McCain.\u00a0<\/p>\n While in the Senate, Romney was the\u00a0only one in his party<\/a>\u00a0who voted to convict President Trump during his first impeachment trial in 2020.<\/p>\n He\u00a0repeated his vote<\/a>\u00a0during Trump\u2019s second impeachment trial the following year.<\/p>\n