Jessie Foster was working as an escort in Las Vegas when she vanished in 2006.
Glendene Grant couldn’t look at the pictures of Neal Falls.
An Oregon man who was shot and killed by an escort in West Virginia last week as he tried to strangle her, Falls is being investigated in connection with the death and dismemberment of several women in the Nevada area.
The investigation may also be linked to the disappearance of Grant’s daughter, Jessie Foster, who was working in the Las Vegas area as an escort when she went missing in 2006.
“When I first looked at his picture, I could not look, I looked away. I had to close my eyes, I had to turn my head,” Grant told KTW.
“Something about his eyes . . . he just gave me the creeps. There was something monstrous about him that I couldn’t even look at.”
To this day, Grant believes her daughter is alive, a feeling she can only attribute to what she calls a heart string — a connection she shares with all of her children.
Though she knew she was staring at a monster when pictures of Falls began to surface, Grant isn’t convinced the 45-year-old had anything to do with her daughter’s disappearance.
Neal Falls was killed in West Virginia last week after attacking an escort. He is suspected of being a serial killer who preyed on escorts , including those in Nevada, from where Kamloops woman Jessie Foster disappeared in 2006.
“I’ve never really had much of a feeling that there is a full connection to Jessie with him,” she said. “That’s never changed.”
When police searched Falls’ vehicle, they found weapons and a shovel, axes, knives, bleach and a list of names.
The names were all of escorts.
Grant admits she can’t know for sure what has happened to her daughter. As police continue to investigate Falls, they may very well discover he has something to do with Foster’s disappearance.
If Falls does have some connection to her daughter, Grant feels she will already be on the road to getting some semblance of closure.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about it — what if he is connected to the women and what if Jessie is one of them?” Grant said.
“If I found out this person killed my daughter, I would actually have part of my healing process already started because he is dead. I would not have to wonder: Will they catch him? Will they convict him? Will he harm other people?
“Every time something comes up — a burned body in Texas, a body in the desert — I always say I don’t believe it will be Jessie because I think Jessie is still alive. But, in my own brain, I think, what if? What if this is the time and what if this is the answer? It’s not what you want, but it’s still an answer.”
Grant said it could be wishful thinking that has her believing her daughter is still alive, that her disappearance isn’t connected to Falls. She admits it could be something her subconscious has done to protect her, so she can stay strong and continue the search.
She said she’s happy to again be talking about her daughter, hopeful police might finally find some answers for her and her family.
Grant is ready for some closure.
“I’m 10 years into Jessie being taken to Las Vegas, almost 10 years since she has been missing. Somehow, I feel like I’m ready for any answer. Horrific or not, I’m thinking that I’m ready,” Grant said.
“If they called me up, I would be ready to hear what they had to say.”
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