Police find body of US woman who fell into sinkhole while looking for her cat
Police had been searching for four days for Elizabeth Pollard, who fell into a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine
The remains of a Pennsylvania woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered Friday, four days after she went missing while searching for her cat, a state police spokesperson said.
Trooper Steve Limani said the body of 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard was sent to the coroner’s office of Westmoreland county near Pittsburgh for an autopsy after rescuers used machinery to bring her to the surface.
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