Audrey Backeberg

Audrey Backeberg
Born
Audrey Jean Good

1942 (age 83–84)
Known fordisappearance and being re-discovered
SpouseRonald Backeberg
Children2

Audrey Jean Good Backeberg[1] is an American formerly missing woman who went missing at age 20[2] on July 7, 1962,[3][4] and resurfaced in 2025.[5][6]

Background and disappearance

Audrey Backeberg lived in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, but went missing at a bus stop in Indianapolis, Indiana,[7] just days after a report was made to the local police that her husband was abusing her to the point of threatening her life. Backeberg was with someone who said that they were both hitchhiking[8] where they took a Greyhound bus.[9]

Reappearance

Backeberg remained missing until 2025, when investigators located her alive and well in another state using information pulled from her sister's Ancestry.com profile.[10] She chose not to disclose much information, but investigators say the aforementioned husband may or may not have been her reason for vanishing without a trace. She also chose not to give out her current location, and having since remarried and has two children,[11][12] she also chose not to give out her current legal name.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Audrey Jean Good Backeberg – The Charley Project". Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  2. ↑ "Woman missing since 1962 found 'alive and well'". www.bbc.com. 2025-05-04. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  3. ↑ WGN News (2025-05-06). Woman who disappeared from Wisconsin more than 6 decades ago has been found safe. Retrieved 2026-06-10 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Ebrahimji, Alisha (2025-05-05). "Woman missing for more than 60 years has been found alive". ABC 12 WJRT-TV. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  5. ↑ Treisman, Rachel (2025-05-06). "Police found a missing woman 60 years after she disappeared. She wants to stay hidden". NPR. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  6. ↑ WISN 12 News (2025-05-02). Sauk County woman found alive 62 years after disappearance. Retrieved 2026-06-10 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ Heren, Kit (2025-05-04). "Woman who vanished from home 63 years ago 'found alive and well' - and 'has no regrets'". LBC. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  8. ↑ "Missing Wisconsin woman found alive more than 60 years after disappearance". 6abc Philadelphia. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  9. ↑ Ebrahimji, Alisha (2025-05-05). "A Wisconsin woman missing for more than 60 years has been found alive". CNN. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  10. ↑ "Wisconsin woman found alive after missing for 62 years has 'no regrets' about disappearing". NBC News. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  11. ↑ "Mom Was Last Seen Walking from Bus Stop. Over 60 Years Later, Police Say She's 'Alive and Well'". People.com. Archived from the original on 2025-05-18. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  12. ↑ "Woman Who Went Missing Over 60 Years Ago Found "Alive and Well" - Gazette Review". Gazette Review. 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
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