Woman Quits Woods, Meets Sister, Back in Germany

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BOLLIGEN, Switzerland (AP) -- A woman discovered living in an umbrella-and-tarpaulin shelter in Switzerland was picked up by her sister Wednesday and driven back to her native Germany, 12 years after her disappearance.

''I'm so excited,'' said the 52-year-old woman who has been identified in Swiss press as Gabriele Schulze.

She was reported missing in 1997 from a village outside Berlin and had been living for the past year in woodland near the Swiss capital, Bern.
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Schulze, who was discovered last week, was originally hostile to the idea of reuniting with her family, authorities said. She was identified with the aid of an information system shared by the 25 member nations of the so-called Schengen accord enabling passport-free travel in Europe.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/21/world/AP-EU-...

This is one story I would like to know a little more about.............

[marylanddem]

1. mentally ill woman who is not taking her meds

and has paranoia about being among people. At least that's my read.