Wife vanishes in Texas state park — then she’s found 20 miles away, Texas cops say
A couple’s morning bike ride turned into a critical situation when the pair was separated on the state park trail, prompting a multi-day search of the park, Texas police said.
The 56-year-old woman’s husband started biking on a trail in Big Bend Ranch State Park the morning of Nov. 26, Texas State Park police said in a Nov. 27 news release. She decided to follow him but couldn’t catch up.
The biker reached a crossroad on the trail, not knowing where to go next. She took the wrong path, police said, and got lost.
She eventually ditched her bike when she got a flat tire and walked in a circle along the trail for five hours, according to the release. Eventually, she stumbled upon the spot where she abandoned her bike.
She picked it up and walked along the trail. As she wandered the park, search and rescue crews scoured the area for her. Her husband reported her missing around 1 p.m. on Nov. 26.
The woman managed to locate a ranger station in the park where she was connected with search and rescue crews, police said. She was found “alive and well,” officials said.
The ranger station was 20 miles from where she was last seen, according to police. Thirty hours after she vanished, she was reunited with her family the night before Thanksgiving on Nov. 27, according to officials.
Big Bend Ranch State Park is in southwestern Texas along the border with Mexico, about a 500-mile drive west from San Antonio.
This story was originally published December 3, 2024 at 8:01 AM with the headline "Wife vanishes in Texas state park — then she’s found 20 miles away, Texas cops say."
