Thedeath of a top realtorin the California desert has sparked a chilling mystery and left her family fighting among each other.
Lorraine Bird, 86, vanished from her home in Twentynine Palms in May last year before being found naked under boulders in theMojave Deserta week later.
Cops said at the time her death was under investigation but a year later no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, with authorities not saying whether her death is being investigated assuspicious or a homicide.
Bird’s son, Steve Robles told theLos Angeles Timeshe worries there were signs his mom was in danger and wishes he could have convinced her to move close to him in Long Beach.
“I have all these unanswered questions,” he said. “But I don’t get to understand at this point.”
In 2021, Bird was living in Redondo Beach but her daughter Doreen Bird had convinced her to buy a home in Twentynine Palms. So, she moved out to the desert to be close to her.
Months before she was found dead, Bird had called an old real estate attorney, Sherry Lear, who she hadn’t spoken to in years, asking for help.
Speaking to the the outlet, Lear said Bird told her her daughter was moving out of the area and wanted to move in with her son.
Bird said she didn’t want to stay out in the desert alone and had decided to sell the home and move to a friend’s place in Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Lear said the daughter and grandson had said they both wanted money when the home sold, the grandson, Blake Thomas, wanted to be paid back the $30,000 downpayment he put on the home and daughter wanted the equity on the house for the improvements she claimed to have made on it.
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