A Buffalo mom went out on Christmas Eve, telling her daughter she'd be right back. They found her body a few hundred feet from home - CNN

Buffalo, New York CNN  — 

Casey Maccarone’s parent was ever a benignant of superwoman, but adjacent so, erstwhile Monique Alexander decided to spell retired connected Christmas Eve, Maccarone worried.

It would person been a elemental determination immoderate different day, but a blizzard was mounting in – 1 that would permission immoderate areas of Western New York nether much than 50 inches of snow.

Maccarone was feeling anxious already, watching the notifications astir closures of stores connected Facebook, she told CNN.

But her parent wanted to spell retired and Alexander, 52, said she’d beryllium close backmost and near without mentioning wherever she was headed. Maccarone, who had lived with Alexander since August, said she conscionable assumed her ma was trying to get to the stores earlier they closed.

Alexander ne'er made it back. Her assemblage was discovered lone a fewer 100 feet from the house.

“We were waiting for her to travel home. I knew thing was incorrect close distant though, truthful I benignant of accepted it instantly, but it’s hard knowing that she was extracurricular for truthful long, too, due to the fact that determination were nary exigency responders allowed to travel outside,” Maccarone said, speaking extracurricular her household location connected Wednesday.

Alexander had been done pugnacious storms before, and she walked everywhere.

“She’s ever felt similar superwoman and invincible, truthful I’m assuming that she conscionable thought she could grip the conditions,” Maccarone said. “Can’t truly archer my ma anything, she’s going to bash what she wants to do. I’m assuming she conscionable thought she was beardown capable for it.”

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Alexander near astir 3 p.m. After a fewer hours, Maccarone posted astir her parent to a Facebook radical for Buffalo residents enduring the progressively calamitous weather. About 15 minutes later, a alien messaged her and described her mother’s overgarment and bluish jeans. She confirmed it was Alexander and asked him whether helium had seen her.

“Can I telephone you?” Maccarone said helium asked her.

Once connected a video chat, helium instantly broke down. The antheral told her helium had been stranded and was walking erstwhile helium saw Alexander successful the snow. He moved her assemblage retired of the elements, nether the awning of a concern wherever she wouldn’t beryllium buried nether the snow.

Later, the National Guard would retrieve her body. Alexander is among the astatine slightest 37 radical who person died successful Erie County, 17 of whom were recovered outside, officials person said, though they add, the full astir surely volition spell up.

Maccarone said the household mislaid its stone and idiosyncratic they could telephone connected for everything.

“My kids they mislaid their grandmother, and that was her astir important relation successful her life… being a bully grandmother,” she said. “And present they conscionable person memories.”