A Wells Fargo employee was found dead in the company's office in Tempe, Arizona, last week — four days after scanning in on a Friday — local police confirmed, noting that a preliminary investigation didn't indicate foul play.
A co-worker discovered Denise Prudhomme, 60, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at her desk in a cubicle in a large office building that most employees don't visit daily, as they work remotely, according to a local TV news report.
Office workers had smelled a foul odor but dismissed it as a plumbing problem, according to the report this week on WAND-TV, 12News, which cited an off-camera interview with an unidentified employee.
The Tempe Police Department confirmed in an email to ThinkAdvisor on Thursday that it responded on Aug. 20 after on-site security called about Prudhomme "and believed she was dead." She was pronounced deceased at 4:55PM.
"We can confirm Denise was a Wells Fargo employee. Denise last scanned into the building on Friday at approximately 7 a.m. and there is no further scan in or out," the police said.
