Nice-grandmother discovered strangled in residence after lacking daughter’s pickup on the airport

A Washington state great-grandmother was discovered strangled in her residence hours after her frantic daughter landed at a close-by airport the place they’d deliberate to fulfill.

Patricia Jimerfield, a 78-year-old retired nurse dwelling in Vancouver, Wash., was killed in her residence final Tuesday, authorities mentioned.

Her daughter, Stephanie Ayersman, had been texting along with her mom simply earlier than leaving Phoenix and had no thought what to make of Jimerfield’s radio silence when she landed on the Portland Worldwide Airport on Wednesday morning.

“I advised mother I used to be taking off and he or she ‘hearted’ it, so I knew she noticed it,” Ayersman advised KATU2. 

“However she by no means responded. I texted, texted, texted, I referred to as her residence, I referred to as her cell quantity, no reply. I waited about an hour.”

Ayersman referred to as her aunt, who rushed to Jimerfield’s residence — the place she discovered her “mendacity on the ground face down,” she advised the native outlet.

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Workplace decided that Jimerfield had been strangled with a wire or twine, in keeping with Regulation & Crime.

There have been no indicators of pressured entry into the residence, however Ayersman believes that her mom was focused within the assault.

“I don’t know, it feels private. It feels private,” she advised KOIN.

Jimerfield’s residence had been robbed simply the day earlier than she was murdered, Ayersman mentioned. The retired nurse had filed a fraud report simply that morning when she realized her pockets was lacking and located some uncommon financial institution costs.

It’s unclear if the 2 crimes are related.

“They took away my coronary heart, my rock, my soul, and I don’t know how you can go on,” Ayersman advised KPTV. 

“If anybody sees something, noticed something, is aware of something please name the police, I actually need whoever did this to get caught.”

Police haven’t arrested or publicly recognized any suspects. Investigations into the murder are ongoing.