Body of missing Philadelphia woman, Kim Ezell, found on Delaware college campus, police say
NEWARK, Del. - The body of a missing Philadelphia woman was found weeks after she was reported missing when authorities found her roommate dead inside their home, according to police.
The Philadelphia Police Department on Wednesday said Kim Ezell's body was found in a vehicle at the Delaware Technical Community College - Stanton Campus in Newark.
The body was found in a vehicle used for parts by the campus fleet management, police said.
Ezell had been missing since Jan. 5, after her children went to her home in North Philadelphia and found her 78-year-old roommate Stanley Lawton shot to death in a storage room. She was not at the home and last spoke to her daughter on the phone a day earlier.
Kim 'Darlene' Ezell (Family Handout)
Authorities later arrested 30-year-old Walter Heard Jr. for the murder of Lawton, who died from a gunshot wound to the right eye. Ezell's daughter, Jameelah, recalled her mother mentioning Heard Jr. in their last conversation.
"He came around and started demanding money," Jameelah said. Police have not connected Heard Jr. to Ezell's disappearance and death at this time.
Authorities are still investigating how Ezell got to Delaware and who is responsible for her death. Family members remembered Ezell as a "fun-loving, caring person."
The family has started a GoFundMe page to pay for funeral costs.
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