Questions Explode After Romney Family Member Falls To Her Death From Parking Garage

Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law died by suicide, medical examiners now say, weeks after she fell from a California parking garage, leaving behind a bitter divorce battle and a long list of unanswered questions.

Carrie Romney, 64, died from “blunt traumatic injuries,” according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. Her death was ruled a “suicide.”

She was discovered Oct. 10 at the base of a five-story parking structure in Valencia. Officials say she jumped, but the investigation offered no explanation for what led her to the ledge of a garage attached to a high-end apartment complex.

Carrie Romney (Dignity Memorial)

Carrie was married to Mitt Romney’s older brother, attorney George Scott Romney, 81. The couple had been locked in a tense split, filing for divorce in May after eight years and citing “irreconcilable differences.” What those differences were remains undisclosed.

Court filings reveal both spouses tried to block the other from receiving assets. Each insisted the other walk away empty-handed, even as they lived together in a $725,000 Valencia condo. It is still unclear whether they were under the same roof at the time of her death.

George Romney argued his wife should receive no spousal support and claimed the couple had no joint property to divide. Both sides accused the other of trying to walk away with nothing.

The medical examiner has closed its case, but the legal fight left behind and the timeline leading up to Carrie’s fatal fall is far from resolved.

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