Wisconsin girl lacking for greater than 60 years discovered ‘alive and well’

A Wisconsin girl lacking for greater than 60 years has been discovered “alive and well”, consistent with government.

In a press observation, Wisconsin’s Sauk county sheriff’s administrative center mentioned that 82-year outdated Audrey Backeberg, who first of all disappeared in July 1962 on the age of 20, have been discovered dwelling out of the state. The sheriff’s administrative center didn’t reveal which state Backeberg was once present in.

“Further investigation has revealed that Ms Backeberg’s disappearance was by her own choice and not the result of any criminal activity or foul play,” the sheriff’s administrative center mentioned.

According to the Wisconsin justice division, Backeberg left her circle of relatives house on 7 July in 1962. Backeberg’s babysitter claimed that she and Backeberg hitchhiked to Madison, Wisconsin, after which took a Greyhound bus to Indianapolis, Indiana. The babysitter closing noticed Backeberg – a mom of 2 – strolling across the nook clear of the bus prevent.

The Charley Project, which profiles lacking individuals, mentioned in a since up to date put up that Backeberg married her husband, Ronald Backeberg, when she was once “about fifteen years old” and that that their “marriage was troubled and there were allegations of abuse”.

Around the time of her disappearance, Backeberg had filed a prison grievance towards her husband, alleging that he had beat her and threatened to kill her, the BBC stories, bringing up the Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy nonprofit workforce.

It added that at the day Backeberg disappeared, she left house to assemble her pay cheque from a woollen mill the place she had labored.

Backeberg was once in the end discovered 60 years later after her case was once assigned to a detective for a “comprehensive review as part of an ongoing examination of cold case files”, the Sauk county sheriff’s administrative center mentioned. It added that a part of the evaluation concerned “a thorough re-evaluation of all case files and evidence, combined with re-interviewing witnesses and uncovering new insights.”

Speaking to WISN, detective Isaac Hanson who discovered Backeberg mentioned he was once ready to find her via her sister’s Ancestry.com account.

“That was pretty key in locating death records, census reports, all kinds of data,” Hanson instructed the inside track station, including, “Ultimately, we came up with an address … so I called the local sheriff’s department, said ‘Hey, there’s this lady living at this address. Do you guys have somebody, you can just go pop in?’ … Ten minutes later, she called me, and we talked for 45 minutes.”

“I think she just was removed and, you know, moved on from things and kind of did her own thing and lead her life … She sounded happy. Confident in her decision, no regrets,” Hanson added.