One of the longest -running cases disappearance to USA It has finally come to an end, after nearly 63 years of silence and mystery. OR Audrey Bakebergdisappeared in 1962 by the small town of Rincburg of Wisconsin, found alive and well in her health, In another US state. He finally chose to disappear and make a new life, away from abuse.
She was only 20 years old when she left, a mother of two and married to her 15 with a man who had complained that she was abusing her. The last time they saw her was at a bus station, just before she was lost forever. Today, at 82, she says she has not regretted her decision.
In a statement, Shock County Sheriff, Chip Maister, said that Bakeberg’s disappearance “was his decision”. The woman, as the sheriff said, lives outside Wisconsin, but no further details are given to her location.
According to Wisconsin Missing Persons Advocacy, which supports families of missing, Bakeberg was married and had two children when it disappeared. A few days before her traces are lost, had filed a lawsuit against her husband – with whom he had been married at the age of 15 – accusing him of beating and threats to her life.
On the day she disappeared, she left home to pick up her payment check from the woolen fabric plant where she was working.
OR 14 -year -old babysitter The family told the police that the two had been hitchhiped up to Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, and from there they took a bus to Indianapolis, Indiana, about 480 kilometers away. The young girl was terrified and asked to return home, but Bakeberg refused and last seen to move away from the bus stop.
Sheriff’s office said authorities have followed a lot of information on the case over the years, but the case He was “frozen”. However, new research began last year.
The account that revealed her and the new life to save abuse
The detective who solved the case, Iszak Hanson, told the local WISN network that Bakeberg’s location was crucial to locating Bakeberg The detection of an account belonging to her sister.
Hanson contacted local sheriffs in the area where the woman now lives and spoke with her on the phone for 45 minutes.
“I think she was simply moving away and continued her life,” Hanson said.
“He sounded happy. Sure of her decision. It has not regretted. “
She, according to her testimony, left to protect her life.
Information from BBC