Girl lacking since 1962 discovered 'alive and nicely'

[ad_1] A girl lacking for almost 63 years has been discovered alive and nicely after the case into her disappearance was reviewed, police within the US state of Wisconsin stated.

Audrey Backeberg was 20 years outdated when she disappeared from her dwelling within the small metropolis of Reedsburg on 7 July 1962.

In a press release, Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister stated Ms Backeberg's disappearance "was by her personal alternative and never the results of any prison exercise or foul play".

The sheriff stated she was dwelling exterior Wisconsin, however didn't present any additional particulars.

In response to Wisconsin Lacking Individuals Advocacy, a non-profit group, Ms Backeberg was married and had two youngsters when she went lacking.

The group stated that days earlier than she went lacking, Ms Backeberg, now 82, had filed a prison grievance in opposition to her husband, whom she had married on the age of 15, alleging he had overwhelmed her and threatened to kill her.

On the day she disappeared, she left dwelling to select up her pay cheque from the woollen mill the place she labored.

The couple's 14-year-old babysitter informed police she and Ms Backeberg then hitchhiked to Madison, Wisconsin's state capital, and from there caught a bus to Indianapolis, Indiana, about 300 miles (480km) away.

The babysitter then grew to become nervous and needed to return dwelling, however Ms Backeberg refused and was final seen strolling away from the bus cease.

The Sauk County Sheriff's Workplace stated investigators pursued quite a few leads within the case nevertheless it had gone chilly earlier than a complete assessment of outdated case recordsdata was carried out earlier this 12 months.

The detective who solved the case, Isaac Hanson, informed native information station WISN that an internet ancestry account belonging to Ms Backeberg's sister was essential in serving to find the lacking girl.

Det Hanson stated he contacted native sheriffs the place Ms Backeberg now lives, and spoke to her on the telephone for 45 minutes.

"I believe she simply was eliminated and, you understand, moved on from issues and form of did her personal factor and led her life," he informed WISN. "She sounded completely happy. Assured in her determination. No regrets."