An Indiana mother whose family feared she was kidnapped after she mysteriously vanished while their home was on fire was found over a week later in the woods, a few miles from the property.
Britney Gard, 46, had been missing for eight days before she was found alive on Wednesday and taken to a hospital.
The mom was rescued after she called authorities, “requesting assistance finding her way out of a wooded area” just 2.5 miles from her home, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Missing mother Britney Gard, 46, was found alive in a wooded area near her home eight days after she vanished. Facebook/Britney GardGard went missing on Sept. 30 and was reported missing after she failed to show up at her daughter’s volleyball game the following day.
Her 13-year-old daughter hitched a ride home after her match, only to find authorities waiting to inform her they couldn’t locate her mother.
Gard left everything behind, including her purse and car.
Gard’s home was partially aflame when authorities realized she was missing. Facebook/Find Britney GardAdding to the mystery, firefighters responded 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 a 35-mile radius around Indianapolis quickly ensued, but no one found any signs of the missing mom.
Gard was reported missing after she failed to show up at her daughter’s volleyball game. Facebook/Britney Gard“Who took her?” Gard’s sister Stephanie Bowen asked on WRTV on Monday.
“I feel like there’s something here bigger that we don’t know and someone knows something.”
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said it isn’t looking for any persons of interest and assured that there is “no current threat to the general public.”
Gard’s four sisters helped lead a search party. WRTVBut how exactly Gard ended up in the woods and where she was for the last eight days remain a mystery.
“No one knows what happened. No one knows how she got there. No one knows what happened,” her family told WTWO.
But the family is just thankful Gard is safe.
“It feels great. It’s a relief. Feel joy that she’s alive and with us,” they told the outlet.
It’s unclear what type of injuries Gard was being treated for, if any.



