Platte City, MO
Marie Goforth, 54, was found safe at 6 p.m. Tuesday, after
being reported missing on the evening of August 21st. Her family called authorities
after Marie went out to get her eyebrows waxed around noon and didn’t return in
time to make their dinner.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home, Marie’s 33
year-old son said, “We had to settle for a frozen pizza.” Her husband, Bill,
staring blankly at a pile of dirty laundry, said, “We’re really worried. We
don’t know how to do anything.”
Although a massive organized search was carried out, Marie
was not found until Tuesday, when a St. Joseph man called police to report that
what appeared to be a wallaby was blocking the intersection at Running Horse
Road and 130th.
Upon arrival, officers cleared traffic so animal control
could do their thing, and when a Buick in the Northbound lane of Running Horse
Road didn’t move, realized the driver was Mrs. Goforth.
The woman and wallaby were checked by paramedics and
determined to be just fine, with the exception of Mrs. Goforth’s unruly
eyebrows.
When asked how long she’d been sitting at the stop sign,
Goforth said, “No idea. I just let a few folks go first.”
Animal control took the wallaby to Jackson’s Veterinary
Clinic, where all local strays are held, and officers gave Mrs. Goforth an
escort home.
Relieved, her son said, “I’m so thankful. And hungry.”
Mr. Goforth said, “Praise God, and I should have known. One
time she went round and round the roundabout waitin’ her turn, but that ended
the same day, when she ran out of gas.”
