Daughter claims caregiver took deed to father’s home before his death after making disturbing discovery

When Nora Rowland called in at her dad Robert’s house to check in on him, she discovered he had died a few days prior.

And the daughter learned this sad news through the answer on the Ring doorbell.

Her arrival was instead answered by a nurse, who apparently began caring for Robert through Griswold Home Care in March 2024.

And Nora now claims the caregiver had the deed to the home in Conway, South Carolina, US, signed over to her in the weeks before the 75-year-old died.

She claims that not long after Robert came under her care, she began to hear from her dad less and less which was very unusual for them.

When she got into the home through a window, Nora and her partner ended up being arrested for trespassing.

The woman, who lives in Maryland, explained that she and her dad usually ‘FaceTimed every week’.

“My dad was always a daddy’s girl type thing, so it was always me and him throughout my whole life,” she told WMBF News.

But on Father’s Day, Nora didn’t hear from Robert and got concerned, so drove to Conway to check on him – only to find the front door of his house had been changed with the Ring installed.

The caregiver allegedly answered through the camera and apparently told her: “This isn’t the way that I wanted to tell you, but your dad died, and there’s a bunch of other stuff I have to tell you too. Just wait there.”

Allegedly in panic, Nora used a window kept unlocked to get inside where she found ‘everything is different’ with ‘random’ photos up with the walls painted.

When the caregiver returned to the house, she reportedly accused the daughter of breaking in and called the police. And at this point, the nurse reportedly showed officers the deed to the house in her name.

As per WMBF, a neighbour told police he had been worried about Robert.

"She the caregiver] was allegedly coming here during the day and taking care of him, and one day she started moving furniture out, and he disappeared,” the neighbour claimed, describing the man as ‘not within his wits’.

Griswold provides in-home care and she began caring for him through the company, with Robert later moved into a senior living facility.

Nora was apparently not aware that in the months before his death, changes to her dad’s affairs had been made. And in April, papers named the caregiver his power of attorney with the deed transferring his home to her for $5 (£3.69).

Horry County’s Registrar of Deeds Marion Foxworth III said it only investigates whether a deed meets the state’s basic legal requirements, with no issue seemingly found.

“If it contains all the correct information to meet the legal standard, then we record it,” he said. “We don’t check whether what’s in that deed is fair or right.”

The caregiver refused comment to WMBF and Conway Police are investigating.

LADbible has contacted Griswold Home Care and the police for comment.