A Wisconsin lady who had been lacking for greater than six many years has been discovered

[ad_1] A greater than 60-year-old chilly case out of Wisconsin involving a lacking mom has been solved.

Audrey Backeberg, now 82, who disappeared at age 20, has been discovered "alive and nicely," the Sauk County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a media launch.

"The Sheriff’s Workplace is now capable of report that Audrey Backeberg is alive and nicely and at the moment resides out of State," the sheriff's workplace stated in a media launch. "Additional investigation has revealed that Ms. Backeberg’s disappearance was by her personal selection and never the results of any felony exercise or foul play."

Backeberg disappeared from her household's dwelling on July 7, 1962, the Wisconsin Department of Justice web site says. The household's babysitter advised authorities that she and Audrey hitchhiked to Madison, Wisconsin, earlier than taking a Greyhound bus to Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Audrey Jean Backeberg, whose maiden named was Good, went lacking in July 1962 when she was 20 years outdated. (Wisconsin Division of Justice)

There, the babysitter stated, she final noticed Audrey stroll across the nook away from the bus cease. The mom of two by no means returned dwelling and had not been heard from once more, in line with the Charley Project, which profiles lacking individual chilly instances.

The Charley Undertaking says Audrey married Ronald Backberg when she was "about fifteen years outdated" and that their "marriage was troubled and there have been allegations of abuse."

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Audrey Backeberg lived along with her husband and kids in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, seen right here. (Google Maps)

The Backeberg's babysitter stated she and Audrey took a Greyhound bus from Madison, Wisconsin to Indianapolis, Indiana. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto by way of Getty Pictures)

"The babysitter acknowledged Audrey selected to depart of her personal accord and stated she wouldn't return, however Audrey's relations insisted she would by no means have abandoned her children," The Charley Undertaking stated, including that "Ronald handed a polygraph examination performed after Audrey's disappearance."

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The Sauk County Sheriff's Office assigned the chilly case to a detective earlier this 12 months, "which included a radical re-evaluation of all case information and proof, mixed with re-interviewing witnesses and uncovering new insights," the media launch stated.