Daughter waits for mom at airport but she never comes, family says. Then body is found
A 78-year-old was found dead in her Washington home after she didn’t show at an airport to pick her daughter up, her family said.
“They took away my heart, my rock, my soul, and I don’t know how to go on,” her daughter Stephanie Ayersman told KPTV.
On Oct. 8, Patricia Jimerfield learned her bank account had fraudulent charges, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said in an Oct. 10 news release.
She looked for her wallet and saw it was missing from her purse, so she contacted authorities to file a report, deputies said.
Jimerfield was found dead at about 9:41 p.m. that same day in her Vancouver home, deputies said.
“There were no signs of forced entry or a burglary at the residence,” deputies said.
Her death is being investigated as a homicide.
Her daughter had been waiting for her at an airport that day and contacted her aunt when her mother never showed up, Ayersman told KATU.
“We were supposed to grow old together, and I was supposed to take care of her,” Ayersman told the news outlet.
Vancouver is about a 10-mile drive north from Portland, Oregon.
This story was originally published October 11, 2024 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Daughter waits for mom at airport but she never comes, family says. Then body is found."
