Missing Woman Found Alive in Trash Compactor

Investigation into how she got there ongoing
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 16, 2014 1:20 PM CDT
Missing Woman Found Alive in Trash Compactor
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Happy, but baffling, news in Alabama this weekend: A woman's husband reported her missing Friday, and police found her alive that night—in a trash compactor. Birmingham police spotted her car in a parking lot, and K-9 units found her, conscious and able to communicate with officers. Police are still investigating how she got there, WBRC reports. She had no apparent life-threatening injuries, CBS 42 reports. (More missing woman stories.)

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