Audrey Buckeberg was portrayed around the time of her loss. Credit: Wisconsin’s Missing Person Defends
According to the Salk County Sheriff’s Office, Audrey Buckeberg, a woman who disappeared from her Wisconsin home in July 1962, was found alive more than 60 years later.
The 82-year-old, who disappeared at the age of 20, was discovered to be living out of state after a cold case review earlier this year.
Audrey Buckeberg’s cold case breakthrough 60 years later
Buckeberg’s loss of failure has not been resolved for decades despite many leads. According to Wisconsin’s Missing Persons’ defense, she was last seen after leaving her home in Leesburg, Wisconsin on July 7, 1962, collecting paychecks from a Wool factory. At the time, she was married and had two children.
Her husband reported that she went missing when she didn’t return home. The 14-year-old babysitter later told authorities that she and Buckeberg hitchhiked to Madison before boarding the Greyhound bus. The teenager returned home alone and claimed to have last seen Buckeberg near the bus stop.
At the time of her loss, Buckeberg had filed criminal charges against her husband, Ronald Buckeberg, accusing her of physical abuse and a threat of death. The couple reportedly got married when Audrey was about 15 years old. Her relatives insisted that she would never abandon her child, and her husband passed the polygraph test, maintaining his innocence.
The case has resumed as part of a 2025 cold case review. Detective Isaac Hanson was reevaluated in the case file, interviewed witnesses and found a breakthrough through Ancestry.com records linked to Buckeberg’s sister.
“It was pretty important in finding death records, according to the census, all sorts of data,” Hanson said. Whisun. “So I called the local sheriff’s office and said, ‘Hey, there’s this woman who lives at this address. Do you guys have someone, can you just pop in?” … Ten minutes later she called me and we spoke for 45 minutes. ”
Audrey Buckeberg chose to disappear
Authorities confirmed that no crime had occurred. “A further investigation revealed that Ms. Buckeberg’s loss of disappea was at her own choice and not the result of criminal acts or foul plays,” the Salk County Sheriff’s Office said in an official statement (quoted). Guardian).
Detective Hanson added: “I think she was just taken away. And, as you know, did her own thing and led her life… she sounded happy. She’s confident in her decisions. I have no regrets.”
It sounds similar to the story of a man who forges his own death.
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