Audrey Backeberg, a Wisconsin mother, was found alive 60 years after her disappearance in 1962. At the time, she fled her abusive marriage and has since built a new life elsewhere. Detective Issac Hanson reopened her cold case and located her in March, revealing that she had reasons for her disappearance and remains confident in her decision. Backeberg was 20 when she vanished, shortly after alleging abuse from her husband. Reports indicated she was seen at a bus station just days later, thus beginning decades of speculation about her fate.
"I told her I wouldn't discuss her location because it is important to her. Based on the things that she told me, I think that she is confident in the decision that she made. 'Did what she had to do,' type thing," said Detective Issac Hanson.
"She had her reasons for leaving the area," said Detective Issac Hanson, who located Backeberg "alive and well" in March after reopening her cold case missing persons file.
"[She reported] her husband had loaded a couple of guns and put them into the trunk of his car and threatened to kill her," a former police officer provided insight.
Witnesses saw her at an Indianapolis bus station within days of her disappearance, while a babysitter reported that she'd taken a bus to Indiana after swallowing a Coke can full of pills.
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