The mother of a woman whose remains were found in an empty home in Vancouver a year and a half after her daughter’s disappearance says she will not give up looking for answers.
“Someone still knows what happened to her,” Sheila Purman told Global News. “How did she die like that?”
Teams working on an empty $ 7.1 million Shawnee home found Chelsea Purman’s body on April 22.
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Purman was 24 when he disappeared on September 6, 2020, during a night out. Her mother said she had recently moved to the city to try to work on mental health and addiction.
The cause of her death remains unknown, and since her remains were a skeleton, police say toxicology is not possible.
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2:25 Remains of Chelsea Purman, located in the yard of an abandoned house in Shonessy Remains of Chelsea Purman, located in the yard of an abandoned house in Shonessy
However, Vancouver police said on Friday that there was no evidence of bad games.
“We’ll probably never know what caused the death,” said the sergeant. Said Steve Addison.
“Where it was found, it was quite unclean and overgrown. It is quite probable and plausible that she died there shortly after she disappeared and remained undiscovered there until two weeks ago, when a contractor came to work on the house.
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These answers are not enough for Purman’s mother, who said there were only more questions.
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“I don’t know how she ended up in this place alone without her phone,” she said, adding that her daughter could not walk far due to a leg injury.
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“Why did it take so long? Why couldn’t they find her? Where exactly were they looking? They had more jurisdiction to search abandoned buildings than I or anyone else.
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On Friday, members of the Butterflies in Spirit group, which backed the search for Poorman, gathered in front of the home where she was found to begin laying a monument.
Group member Lorelai Williams said it was difficult for her to accept that there was nothing suspicious about Purman’s death.
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“I do nt believe this. This is my automatic thought, my automatic sensation. This case must be considered carefully. It breaks my heart, “she said.” I can’t imagine what her mother is going through right now. “
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Butterflies in Spirit has scheduled a memorial for Poorman at the site for Sunday lunch.
Meanwhile, her mother begs anyone who has any information to come out.
“She wanted to get better, I know that. She had many dreams, she wanted to do many things for her life, “she said.
“Contact Vancouver Police, let them know, even if it’s a small detail, it can help us because we still need answers. I don’t believe my daughter just died, ended up alone and just died. I don’t think that’s how it turned out. “
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