A distressing ordeal unfolded in Cocoa, Florida, when police were alerted to the sound of banging from a locked shipping container, revealing a missing woman who had been trapped inside for three days. Marlene Lopez, 52, was found disoriented and unable to recount how she ended up in a red metal container typically used for storing lawnmowers.
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Discovered around noon on Thursday, Lopez, donning a leather biker jacket and tights, seemed confused as she was assisted to an ambulance for medical evaluation. Her discovery followed a report filed by a concerned coworker on Wednesday, noting Lopez’s unusual absence since she had not been seen since Monday and failed to pick up her son, sparking immediate worry about her whereabouts.
The Cocoa Police Department launched an investigation following the report, interviewing Lopez’s family and searching areas she frequently visited. During this search, they stumbled upon the lead, which led them to Lopez. She had been trapped inside the shipping container since Monday night, managing to attract attention by banging on the door until someone heard her and unlocked it. Miraculously, Lopez did not sustain injuries but was taken to a hospital to be checked for possible dehydration and to undergo a thorough evaluation, as reported by the New York Post.
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The container owner, Tyler Sonneberg, recounted noticing Lopez wandering near the container on Monday night. After locking the container on Tuesday afternoon, Sonneberg claimed he heard no indications of Lopez’s distress inside the container until her discovery on Thursday.
Sonneberg speculated that Lopez might have accidentally entered the container and passed out, leading to her unintended confinement. Inside the container, after Lopez’s rescue, Sonneberg found personal items, including a lighter and a pipe, hinting at the circumstances that might have led to her entrapment.
Cocoa police are diligently investigating the sequence of events that resulted in Lopez’s ordeal, though no charges have been filed as of yet. This incident has left the community in shock, pondering the chain of events that led to a woman being trapped in such a predicament and the fortunate turn of events that led to her rescue.
