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 away 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 away from her home, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office . 4

Gard 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 back home after her match, only to find swaths of authorities waiting to inform her they couldn’t locate

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