Woman who went missing 60 years ago found safe and sound in US
A woman missing for nearly 63 years has been found alive and well after her disappearance was reviewed, police in the US state of Wisconsin reported. Air Force
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Audrey Bakeberg was 20 years old when she walked away from her home in the small town of Reedsburg on July 7, 1962. Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister said Bakeberg's disappearance "was her own choice and does not involve any criminal activity or foul play."
The sheriff said Audrey Bakeberg lives outside of Wisconsin, but did not provide further details.
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According to the nonprofit Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy, Bakeberg was married and had two children when she went missing.
The group said that days before she disappeared, Audrey Backeberg, now 82, had filed a complaint against her husband, whom she married at 15. She said he had beaten her and threatened to kill her.
On the day of her disappearance, Audrey left her home to collect her wages from the wool factory where she worked.
The couple's 14-year-old babysitter told police that she and Backeberg hitchhiked to Madison, Wisconsin, and then took a bus to Indianapolis, Indiana. The babysitter then became nervous and wanted to go home, but Backeberg refused.
The Sauk County Sheriff's Office said investigators followed multiple leads in the case, but it remained unsolved until a thorough review of old cases was conducted this year.
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Isaac Hanson, the detective who cracked the case, told local news station WISN that a genealogy website account belonging to Ms. Bakeberg's sister played a key role in finding the missing woman.
Detective Hanson said he contacted local sheriffs in the area where Ms. Bakeberg now lives and spoke with her on the phone for 45 minutes.
"I think she just went away and lived her life," he said. "Audrey sounded like a happy person, confident that she had made the right decision. There were no regrets from this woman."
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