Wisconsin woman found alive 62 years after disappearance
After 62 years with no trace of Audrey Backeberg, the Sauk County Sheriff's Office announced it found her "alive and well."
The sheriff's office is currently putting fresh eyes on its cold cases. It moved Backeberg's case file to Detective Isaac Hanson's desk in early March.
"Where do you even begin?" Hearst sister station WISN 12 온라인 바카라 게임' Hannah Hilyard asked Hanson.
"Just paper by paper," he responded.
At the age of 20, Backeberg went missing from Reedsburg in July 1962. No one in her family had heard from her since.
Hanson's renewed efforts included reevaluating evidence, reinterviewing witnesses and uncovering new insights.
"The sister actually had an Ancestry.com account, and I was able to use that. That was pretty key in locating death records, census reports, all kinds of data," Hanson said. "Ultimately, we came up with an address. ... I called the local sheriff's department, I said, 'Hey, there's this lady living at this address. Do you guys have somebody who can just go pop in?' ... Ten minutes later, she called me, and we talked for 45 minutes."
The detective promised Backeberg he would keep their conversation private. Hanson said an abusive husband may have played a role in her initial decision to leave, but we may never know what made her stay away for six decades.
"I think she just was removed and, you know, moved on from things and kind of did her own thing and led her life," he said. "She sounded happy, confident in her decision 바카라 게임 웹사이트 no regrets."
The sheriff's office found her disappearance to be her own choice and not the result of any criminal activity or foul play. Hanson said Backeberg is living outside the state of Wisconsin but would not specify where.
