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Florida woman missing for 20 days found alive, naked, trapped in storm drain
WFLA News ^ | March 24, 2021

Posted on 03/24/2021 4:58:03 PM PDT by billorites

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida woman who was reported missing on March 3 was rescued from a storm drain Tuesday, authorities said.

The unidentified woman, believed to be in her 40s, was found naked and trapped in a storm drain in Delray Beach. Someone passing by heard her cries for help and called 911, officials said.

Firefighters responded and removed the storm grate, lowered down a ladder and lifted the woman to safety.

“She was unable to stand up,” Delray Beach Fire Rescue spokeswoman Dani Moschella told WPLG. “She didn’t have any clothes on. She was very dirty. She had some superficial wounds. Her knees were all scraped up.”

It’s still unclear how the woman ended up in the storm drain or how long she had been down there. It’s impossible for an adult to fit through the entrance, Moschella said.

“She claims that she’s been in the storm drain for a significant amount of time,” Delray Beach Police spokesman Ted White told the Sun-Sentinel. “The biggest question is how long she has been in there, how did she get in there and why?”

Officials said the woman was reported missing to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on March 3. No foul play is suspected.

“From the police department standpoint, we don’t believe there was any type of crime committed,” White said. “It doesn’t feel like she was taken against her will. It appears this was done by her own free will.”

“She was lucky,” Moschella said. “I don’t know how much longer she would have been OK down there. The idea that somebody might be down there for any length of time is disturbing. It’s dirty, dangerous, there’s snakes, rats, garbage, dirt and leaves, anything that’s on the street that washes into a sewer, and it smells terrible.”

Paramedics evaluated the woman before she was taken to Delray Medical Center. Her condition was not disclosed.


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I'm sure there's a good explanation for all of this.
1 posted on 03/24/2021 4:58:04 PM PDT by billorites
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To: billorites

Her name is Stormy Drainials.


2 posted on 03/24/2021 4:59:44 PM PDT by Meatspace
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Boy, do I hate it when that happens.


3 posted on 03/24/2021 5:00:10 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal.)
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To: billorites

Storm drain so she didn’t flush herself down the toilet ,LOL


4 posted on 03/24/2021 5:01:05 PM PDT by butlerweave
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🤣


5 posted on 03/24/2021 5:02:03 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: billorites

Somebody drop keys and stupidly try to get them ?


6 posted on 03/24/2021 5:02:57 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: billorites

Where did Joe send her stimmie deposit?


7 posted on 03/24/2021 5:04:01 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: billorites

This smells of another “survival story” hoax (pun intended).


8 posted on 03/24/2021 5:04:46 PM PDT by twister881
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To: billorites

9 posted on 03/24/2021 5:11:43 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: billorites

One of my questions: why was she naked?


10 posted on 03/24/2021 5:14:06 PM PDT by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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To: billorites

20 days? You’d be dead. No food and germy/virus water to drink?


11 posted on 03/24/2021 5:15:01 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Because she was not wearing clothes.


12 posted on 03/24/2021 5:15:56 PM PDT by sport
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To: rfreedom4u

The stormy water in the drain washed away her clothes.


13 posted on 03/24/2021 5:17:36 PM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump deserves 5 Nobel Peace prizes for pushing warp speed creation of covid-vaccines. )
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To: billorites

14 posted on 03/24/2021 5:17:48 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Blame “IT!”

Naked woman in a sewer drain says, “Hey, come over here! I wanna show you something!” and people run thinking she’s really a scary killer clown.


15 posted on 03/24/2021 5:18:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: George from New England
Hunting alligators for a youtube channel video.
16 posted on 03/24/2021 5:19:19 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: rfreedom4u

After a few days you just have to get out of dirty clothes.


17 posted on 03/24/2021 5:19:52 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: sport

Naked is all of your clothes OFF
Nude is none of your clothes ON


18 posted on 03/24/2021 5:20:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: dynachrome

She’s from Florida........they frolic in swampy sewage drain off water all the time. She’s probably part Gator.


19 posted on 03/24/2021 5:22:03 PM PDT by David Chase
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Concern over how long she’s been down there.......but no one is wondering where her cloths went or why! 🤪


20 posted on 03/24/2021 5:24:35 PM PDT by David Chase
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