Police Reveal Heartbreaking Details About Death Of Grandmother Who Fell In Sinkhole [Video]

On Monday, December 2, a 64-year-old grandma named Elizabeth Pollard went missing while she was looking for her cat in Pennsylvania. Pollard had fallen into a sinkhole, and, days later, authorities later recovered her lifeless body. In a recent press conference, authorities have revealed some heartbreaking details surrounding Pollard’s death.

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“During the course of the removal of dirt and sifting through things, we did find Elizabeth,” Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani said during the press conference, reported by PEOPLE. “We found her approximately 30 feet below the surface of where the mine would have sat. She was about 12 feet southwest of where the original sinkhole occurred.” This would imply that Pollard “rolled or moved” that distance after she fell into the sinkhole.

According to Limani, authorities had to change their rescue operation due to the condition of the mine that, reportedly, caused the sinkhole to appear. “The condition …