confirmed that her children were all right and then went underground. The 1975 meeting Over the next 35 years, Jarman maintained surreptitious contact with her family through classified ads. In 1975, she arranged a secret meeting with her brother Otto Berendt, his wife Dorothy, and Jarman's son Leroy, by then in middle-age. During this meeting, which the family disclosed decades later, Leroy tried to persuade his mother to give herself up. She refused and said that she was not worried about capture, believing the authorities had long since stopped looking for her. Communications with her family through newspaper ads tapered off in the mid-1990s. A 1993 petition to grant Jarman a pardon failed. Although Jarman officially remained a fugitive, she was born in , so it is essentially certain that she is dead, and that her death was recorded under an alias. See also Fugitives from justice List of fugitives from justice who disappeared References Further reading Ella Berendt, 22 Apr 1901; citing Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,451,573. The Malefactor's Register Article on Eleanor Jarman 1901 births American escapees American female murderers American female organized crime figures American people convicted of murder Escapees from Illinois detention Fugitives wanted by the United States Fugitives wanted on murder charges Fugitives wanted on robbery charges People convicted of murder by Illinois People from Chicago Year of death unknown People from Sioux City, Iowa