Tragically, the body of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was recovered Friday after a four-day search. Pollard had vanished Monday while searching for her cat near a restaurant in Unity Township, Pennsylvania. Authorities believe she fell into a sinkhole concealing a decades-old mine shaft. Her five-year-old granddaughter was found unharmed in Pollard’s car nearby.
Sixty-four-year-old Elizabeth Pollard vanished while searching for her cat near a restaurant in Marguerite, Pennsylvania, leaving her five-year-old granddaughter unharmed in her car. Authorities suspect Pollard fell into a newly formed sinkhole, possibly caused by old coal mining activity, as a shoe was spotted approximately 30 feet down inside the expanding sinkhole. Rescue crews utilized various equipment to search the sinkhole, but initial attempts to locate Pollard yielded no results. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will investigate the sinkhole’s origin after the search concludes.
John Q. Hosedrinker