California woman found dead on Amtrak train in Texas
A California woman traveling with two children was found dead on an Dallas-bound Amtrak train Tuesday morning, police said.
Authorities identified the woman as Rhonda Burnett, 41, a Salinas, CA, resident who left the Northern California city on Sunday afternoon.
Sgt. Penny Dunn says there were no signs of trauma. An autopsy has been ordered.
The engineer stopped the train in San Marcos after a fellow passenger, who is a nurse, noticed Burnett had died.
Burnett was in a passenger car, with her seat semi-reclined, and with her 8-year-old daughter and her 6-year-old son, police said.
Police estimated that Burnett may have been dead for several hours before she was found in the morning, shortly after the train left San Antonio, where it stayed overnight Monday.
Child Protective Services was caring for the children until relatives could arrive and pick them up.
San Marcos is about 30 miles south of Austin.