Missing Idaho Woman Found 2,000 Miles Away In Preacher Father's Hometown
An Idaho woman reported missing by her family was found in her preacher father's hometown in Mississippi this past weekend. The woman says she has no idea how she arrived in Mississippi.
Cynthia Adams of Boise, Idaho was reported missing by her family last week after she failed to return home from a doctor's appointment on Tuesday. The 52-year-old woman reportedly traveled to Clara, Mississippi over the next several days, withdrawing cash multiple times along her way.
Adams' father reportedly preached in Clara in the 1960's. Eyewitnesses report that Adams was seen in a local grocery store asking if certain people from her youth still lived in the small town. Adams then reportedly drove to the childhood home of one of her friends, who happened to still live on the property and let the woman inside.
"She told me, these are the only clothes I've got," Eilzabeth Singleton, a childhood friend of Adams', said when the 52-year-old woman knocked on her door. "I said, well, honey, come on in."
"She kept saying, 'My home is gone and the school is burned,'" Singleton added. "I didn't understand. I asked her, 'were you in a tornado?'"
Singleton reportedly realized Adams had been reported missing by her family after she checked Facebook and saw the "Missing" advertisements. She called police, and Adams was transported to a local hospital to undergo an evaluation.
"Obviously, it's wonderful that we found her," Adams's husband Mel told the Idaho Statesman of his wife's disappearance. "She must have had a mental breakdown, for lack of a better term, because after her appointment, she just headed east. She was looking for a friend who died six or seven years ago."
