PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Florida woman who vanished for four days was found alive but trapped in a swamp, crying for help after she became stuck in thick mud along the St. Lucie River. Authorities say the rescue came just in time after police heard her faint voice calling out across the dark waters.
The ordeal began on October 24, when 37-year-old Kelly Marie Catrambrone was last seen walking away from her Port St. Lucie home around 5 p.m. Her family initially didn’t report her missing, telling officers that she occasionally wandered off but “usually came back.”
“According to the family, she often wanders away from home, but she usually comes back,” said Sgt. Dominic Mesiti of the Port St. Lucie Police Department. “But this time, she didn’t.”
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By Monday, October 27, when Catrambrone still hadn’t returned, authorities launched a full-scale search near the 700 block of NE Emerson Street, fearing she may have entered the nearby St. Lucie River…