Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Mitt Romney has suffered a tragic family loss.
The database for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office confirms that Carrie Romney died on October 10, and gives her place of death as the "street."
TMZ first reported the family connection on October 13, identifying her as Romney’s sister-in-law.
The database says that Carrie was 64 years old, and it lists her cause of death as pending further investigation.
According to TMZ, Carrie was found deceased "next to a parking garage in Valencia, California -- a suburb just north of L.A."
The manner of death was blank on the medical examiner's database.
However, according to NBC Los Angeles, citing law enforcement sources, Carrie may have "jumped or fell from a five-story parking structure and died at the scene."
The parking garage is located in Valencia, according to NBC Los Angeles, which reported that authorities received a report "of someone dead inside the garage in the 24500 block of Town Center Drive."
A profile story on Mitt that ran in Politico sheds some light on his family tree and his siblings.
Mitt’s eldest sister Jane is "an actress who lives in Los Angeles," according to that site.
Mitt also has an older brother. "The older brother and heir apparent to their father, former Gov. George Romney, is George Scott Romney. He has been divorced twice," the story, which ran in 2011, says.
According to a 2012 PBS article, Mitt's brother Scott worked as a fundraiser for him.
Scott explained the family dynamic growing up in that story.
"My father was very frugal in everything he ever did, ... and he talked to us about the importance of being frugal and careful with what we earn and what we make. And he taught us about the importance of hard work," he told PBS.