CLEARLAKE OAKS, California (AP) -- A Hollywood producer who was found dead in a car with his young daughter had apparently suffered a heart attack and fallen on top of the girl, suffocating her, according to a coroner's report.

The body of Terry Carr, 62, toppled onto his 9-year-old daughter as she slept in the cargo area of their SUV, leaving her unable to escape or breathe, according to Lake County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Russ Perdock. Carr and his daughter, Arieka, were found August 1.

Carr weighed about 212 pounds and his daughter was about 53 pounds, Perdock said Tuesday.

The vehicle was found parked at a convenience store in Clearlake Oaks a day after Carr abandoned his wife at a grocery store in Ashland, Oregon. Clearlake Oaks is about 280 miles south of Ashland.

Although Carr had not worked on a film for several years, he remained a well-known producer and screenplay writer. His movie credit list included "The Boost," a 1988 drama starring James Woods and Sean Young; "Yes, Giorgio," a 1982 musical comedy starring opera great Luciano Pavarotti; and the 1980 romantic comedy "Coast to Coast," starring Dyan Cannon and Robert Blake.

He and his family recently had left Los Angeles in search of a more tranquil lifestyle in Oregon, family members told The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat.

Carr's wife, Chikako Carr, 50, said she still has no idea why her husband took off while she was in a grocery store restroom. He also dumped a box of belongings, including important personal papers and photos, in a pasture on the outskirts of Ashland a few days before he disappeared.

Authorities also don't know why Carr drove to Clearlake Oaks. His brother, John, lives there but said he had not heard from Carr, Perdock said.
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Just a horrible freak accident.

That's really sad, were the police looking for him over the child or did he have custody?

Man, that's just weird

Whoa! Is all I can say.

Poor mother....

Wow.

Thats horrible, you never think of something like that happening. You have to feel sorry for the mother.

Tis a tragedy, the poor mother must be going through hell!

Wow, whats a 62 year old doing with a 9 year old daughter in the first place?

The late Tony Randall was, I think, seventy when he became a father. My own dad was in his early fifties when I was born. It happens.

What a sad story! Poor mother! I wonder if the man's health problems were causing him to act irrationally?

WOW!! That's weird.

Most you of you probably don't know about Clearlake Oaks or Lake County itself. It's a world of it's own. Really & truely.

I'm rather familiar with it. Most of the people I know refer to it as (F)Lake County.

If aliens wanted a place to land & keep it a total secret...this would be one of the best choice in Northern California!!! I can only think of maybe 2 or 3 others. They would soooo totally blend in!!!

I feel very sorry for the Mom. May some of this be figured out so she can have some closure.

40nrockinon

It was his daughter.

Mmm, yea. My point was that no one that old should be having kids. Odds are he'd have been dead anyway before she even hit high school. Pretty unfair to the kid to have parents that old.

Perhaps so, then again, a lot of "aged" citizens make better parents than 19 year olds who shake newborns out of anger and through simply not knowing any better...that is often cured by age. With that being said, this is a sad story-keeping fingers crossed for the mother.

How horrific it must of been for the girl.

Thats sad..

Ah, yea, baby-shaking 19 year olds is bad too, but I don't understand your point? You can't justify something bad with something worse.

thats really sad, the poor mother must be distraught
i don't think it should matter how old a person is when they have children, just because you are older doesn't mean you are'nt going to see your child grow up. my sister-in law was 33 when she died leaving a 5 year old and 3 year old. age is immaterial

You telling me a 33 year old has the same chance of seeing their kid graduate high school as a 60 year old? Yea people die young it's tragic, but there is a much much higher chance of an old guy dying than a 33 year old.

Dangit man, thats sad. Shame how these things can happen...