A mother from Indiana, whose family feared she would be kidnapped soon after she mysteriously vanished while their residence was on fire, was found over a week later in the woods, just a few miles away from her property.
Britney Gard was reportedly declared missing for eight days before she was found alive on Wednesday and rushed to a nearby hospital.
The mother was rescued after she called authorities, requesting assistance finding her way out of a wooded area, just 2.5 miles away from her residence, as shared by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Gard went missing on September 30 and was reported missing after she failed to show up at her daughter’s volleyball game the next day.
Her 13-year-old daughter hitched a ride back home after her match, only to find swaths of authorities waiting to inform her they couldn’t locate her mother.
Gard left everything behind, including her purse and car. Adding to the mystery, firefighters replied to reports of a small fire at the home the day after she disappeared, but no one was on the property at the time.
A search party led by Gard’s four sisters covering the 35-mile radius around Indianapolis swiftly ensued, but no one found any signs of the missing mother.