Sister-in-law of Mitt Romney found dead in Los Angeles County

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (ABC4) — Carrie Romney, the sister-in-law of former Utah senator Mitt Romney, was found dead on Friday October 10.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office, paramedics responded around 8:30 p.m. on Friday to a parking garage in the town center in Santa Clarita, where a woman was found dead inside the garage. The Sheriff’s Office was called to investigate the death.

Investigators were able to identify the individual as 64-year-old Carrie Elizabeth Romney.

According to information obtained by Nexstar’s KTLA, the woman jumped or fell from a five-story parking structure. Currently, the cause of death is undetermined, as the investigation is still ongoing, but the detective in the case said that the death does not appear to involve foul play.

The cause of death will be determined by the LA County Medical Examiner’s Office.

No additional information is available at this time.

Mitt Romney served as a United States senator for Utah from 2019 to 2025, when he retired. He also ran for president of the United States in 2012. He also served as governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Romney is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Romney family has been very influential in the history of the state of Utah.