A bust of the body found in 1973 (Picture: AP)
A woman police thought was dead for 42 years has turned up alive and well.
Now it’s back to the drawing board for officers, who are pretty confused about the body that was found.
Betsy Langjahr’s estranged family were surprised to hear Pennsylvania police say her body may have been dumped in 1973 – especially her 26-year-old son, who was born 16 years after her apparent ‘death’.
‘Her son heard her name on the news and goes, ‘that’s my mom!’’ Betsy’s older brother Bill Langjahr told the New York Daily News.
‘He called police to tell them there had been some kind of mix up.’
A woman police thought was dead for 42 years has turned up alive and well.
Now it’s back to the drawing board for officers, who are pretty confused about the body that was found.
Betsy Langjahr’s estranged family were surprised to hear Pennsylvania police say her body may have been dumped in 1973 – especially her 26-year-old son, who was born 16 years after her apparent ‘death’.
‘Her son heard her name on the news and goes, ‘that’s my mom!’’ Betsy’s older brother Bill Langjahr told the New York Daily News.
‘He called police to tell them there had been some kind of mix up.’
Police unveiled the bust and said they thought Betsy was the victim (Picture: AP)
In a recent effort to solve the four-decades-old cold case, officers unveiled a forensic bust of the victim last week and said it could belong to Betsy – who was a missing teenage runaway at the time.
That was the first time anyone in her family had heard her name linked to the 1973 murder.
‘I looked at the bust, and I said ‘that’s not my sister’,’ Bill added. ‘Doesn’t look a thing like her.’
State trooper Nathan Trate told the Washington Post he’d been in touch with Betsy, and had confirmed that she is in fact very much alive.
‘She had no idea we thought she was dead,’ he said.
Bill said that his estranged sister had recently married and taken her new husband’s name, which might explain why officers had trouble tracking her down.
In a recent effort to solve the four-decades-old cold case, officers unveiled a forensic bust of the victim last week and said it could belong to Betsy – who was a missing teenage runaway at the time.
That was the first time anyone in her family had heard her name linked to the 1973 murder.
‘I looked at the bust, and I said ‘that’s not my sister’,’ Bill added. ‘Doesn’t look a thing like her.’
State trooper Nathan Trate told the Washington Post he’d been in touch with Betsy, and had confirmed that she is in fact very much alive.
‘She had no idea we thought she was dead,’ he said.
Bill said that his estranged sister had recently married and taken her new husband’s name, which might explain why officers had trouble tracking her down.
Metro UK
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