Thursday's Internet Edition, December 04, 2008.
near Lander, Wyoming
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Garland, 42, had last been heard from about 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28 when she talked to her husband by cell phone discussing what they were going to have from sup-per. She reportedly was at the Best Buy in Waco at that time.
When she did not show up at home that night, her husband contacted law enforcement authorities. Law enforcement officials from Hamilton, Bosque and McLennan counties, as well as the Texas Rangers, began searching for her.
Hamilton County Chief Deputy J.R. Slough told The Herald-News Monday after-noon that a motorist spotted Garland at a roadside park near Lander, Wyoming that morning and thought she looked like she needed help. The motorist called authorities and Garland was transported to a nearby hospital, suffering from apparent dehydration. She was found in the extended-cab white Dodge pickup she was driving when she was reported missing the previous week.
Slough said that officials had not determined why she went missing or why she was in Wyoming, although members of the family speculated she may have suffered a stroke or other medical condition that left her confused. Members of her family were flying to Wyoming Monday night.
“For us,” said Slough, “the case is closed.”
The Waco Tribune-Herald reported Tuesday that Garland had attended Cranfills Gap schools, although she is a native of Wyoming.