(AP) - Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis.

A Wisconsin woman who was missing for over 60 years was discovered to be "alive and well," according to the Sauk County Sheriff's Office. Audrey Backeberg, who was reported missing on July 7, 1962 ...

Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she first disappeared from her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, in July 1962, the Sauk County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old when she was reported missing out of Wisconsin in July 1962. In 2025, 62 years later, authorities learned she is alive and living in another state.

Backeberg went missing after leaving her home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, on July 7, 1962, per the Wisconsin Department of Justice. She was just 20 years old, and the mother of two children, CBS News ...

Backeberg walked around the corner away from the bus stop, the person told authorities, and hadn't been seen or heard from since. Audrey Jean Backeberg went missing on July 7, 1962.

Audrey Backeberg, a married mother of two children, was living in Reedsburg, Wisc., when she was last seen in 1962 ...

Audrey Backeberg was first reported missing after she left her family's home in Reedsburg, Wisconsin on July 7, 1962. She was 20 years old at the time.

Audrey Backeberg, missing since 1962 from Reedsburg, Wisconsin, has been found alive at age 82. Authorities confirmed she left voluntarily and no foul play was involved in her disappearance.

Sauk County Sheriff's Office says Audrey Backeberg, now in her 80s, is living outside of Wisconsin. The detective who managed to track her down says she "had her reasons for leaving" in July 1962.