Newport News-Times: Beach walk ends in tragedy for two women: "Beach walk ends in tragedy for two women
By Steve Card and Barton Grover Howe Of the News-Times
A beach outing turned tragic Tuesday afternoon when two women walking along the shore in Gleneden Beach were apparently swept out to sea by a large wave. The body of one of the women was discovered the next morning, while the other is still missing.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office received a missing persons report at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. A deputy responded to a vacation rental home on Glenn Avenue in Gleneden Beach, where he learned that Elma Benefiel, 78, of Beaverton and her daughter-in-law, Jan Benefiel, 61, of Idaho Falls, Idaho had gone for a walk in the area around 1 p.m. and had not returned. Family members had gone looking for the women, and when they couldn't find them, they tried calling Elma Benefiel's cell phone, but the call went right to voice mail. At that point, family members notified law enforcement."
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