Paula Abdul issued a press release saying she is “shocked and saddened” after a 30-year-old woman was found dead in a parked car outside her Los Angeles home on Tuesday.
The car is registered to Paula Goodspeed, a season 5 Idol contestant, TMZ.com reports.
Police found the car idling outside Abdul’s home around 6 PM. The cause of death may be a drug overdose according to TMZ.com.
According to Goodspeed’s mother, the victim was obsessed with Paula Abdul and told her she was going to visit Paula on Tuesday. The victim’s mother called 911 when her daughter didn’t return home.
The license plate to Goodspeed’s car read “ABL LV”; a picture of Abdul hung from the rear-view mirror.
“I am deeply saddened and shocked about what transpired yesterday,” she told Usmagazine.com in a statement. “My heart and prayers go out to her family.”
Paula Goodspeed during auditions for American Idol on August 3, 2003 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. Photo: Getty Images