Home health aide accused of stealing $2,200 from 78-year-old woman

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A home health aide was charged on Friday in Cole County after authorities claim she stole $2,200 from an elderly woman in October 2025.

Elondra Johnson-Lopez, of Holts Summit, was charged with stealing more than $750 and financially exploiting an elderly person. She was not listed on the Cole County Jail roster on Friday. A warrant was issued and a $2,200 bond was set.

The probable cause statement says a 78-year-old Cole County woman called law enforcement on Oct. 17, 2025, after seeing someone had charged $2,200 to her bank account without her permission.  Law enforcement checked with the bank and determined the victim’s account information was used to pay Johnson-Lopez’s rent, the statement says.

Johnson-Lopez was a home health aide for the victim in May 2025. Lopez allegedly spent $1,3500 on Sept. 19 and $850 on Oct. 10, the statement says. Deputies contacted Johnson-Lopez and she allegedly admitted that she was not given permission to use the victim’s money, the statement says.

She allegedly saved the victim’s bank information after she found it while working at the victim’s home in May, court documents say.