One of the stranger stories in the last couple of days.

Family 'extremely worried' about missing woman
By Denis Langlois
Posted 13 hours ago

The family of Debra Zettel, who went missing early Thursday morning after a minor collision near Hanover, say they are concerned she may be in danger.

“The family is extremely worried. If a trucker or somebody picked her up and they’ve gone someplace with her, they’ve got to bring her back,” Zettel’s sister-in-law Deri Russell said through tears Friday.

West Grey police say the 56-year-old Hanover-area woman was involved in a “minor” collision in the area of Grey Rd. 10 and Normanby Conc. 16, between Hanover and Neustadt, shortly after 3 a.m.

She has not been seen or heard from since.

Police officers searched for the woman Thursday and continued their efforts Friday with the help of an OPP helicopter.

Russell, who is married to Zettel’s brother Clare, said her sister-in-law was driving a yellow Mazda Miata. The car was off the road and had a few dents in it when it was found, the family says.

Information supplied to police suggest Zettel began walking after the crash when a trucker saw her and alerted another driver via radio that there was a woman on the road, Russell said.

“By the time he got there, she was gone and she’s been missing ever since,” she said.

The family has no idea where she is.

“She is not the kind of person that leaves home,” she said. “We don’t even know why she’d be out on the road that time of night.”

Russell said her sister-in-law left her identification in her car. She has no cellphone. Zettel might have suffered a head injury in the crash, she said, although there was no blood in the car.

“We’re thinking possibly, maybe somebody picked her up. But if they did, where did they go?”

Zettel was born in Hanover and grew up at Carlsruhe. She worked from home for her husband’s contracting business. She has one son, Jay, and a two-year-old grandson.

“She disappeared within five minutes,” Russell said.

Anyone with information is being asked to call West Grey Police Service at 519-364-2411 or 911.



Family 'extremely worried' about missing woman - Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, CA (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3510842)

Something strange here - out at 3 am - why???

...then poof in a 5 minute window!!!!!!!. :confused:

It is not the first unexplained disappearance in that area:

Lois Marie Hanna - Lucknow, ON - Missing - 1988 (http://www.unsolvedcanada.ca/index.php?topic=229.0)

Lois Hanna disappeared over 20 years ago. The link above includes the basic facts and then devolves into some increasingly bizarre speculation.

Craig

It's always upsetting to hear of anyone who just vanishes, out here in BC we have an area, actually a stretch of Highway that has a very bad reputation. Link (http://www.highwayoftears.ca/)
All of these young women gone and no has been found accountable.

Sad end here

Toronto News: Missing Hanover woman found dead after minor car accident - thestar.com (http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1151449--missing-hanover-woman-found-dead-after-minor-car-accident?bn=1)

Little explanation so far.

That first truck driver must feel awful about not stopping at the time. Poor guy.

Likely head injury gone untreated. Still does not explain a stay at home out at 3 am unless she was driving to a hospital. If she was diabetic that would explain all including the death.

It's always upsetting to hear of anyone who just vanishes, out here in BC we have an area, actually a stretch of Highway that has a very bad reputation. Link
All of these young women gone and no has been found accountable.

I thought that was the pig farmer responsible - or is that a different area?

I thought that was the pig farmer responsible - or is that a different area?
Totally different, the pig farmer was picking on sex trade workers, (AKA prostitutes), from Vancouver's east end. He, (Willy Pickton) is currently serving time for some of his murders, but he has many more to his credit that he hasn't been tried for.
The Highway 16 (trail of tears) is an ongoing case, no one has been charged and the number of missing girls increases each year.

Had the two confused - I knew there was a missing woman issue along a highway but only vaguely.
Thanks for clarification.

People disappear all the time. The hard part is knowing whether they want to be found or not.

This (http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20120319/SECHELT0101/303199997/-1/sechelt/) missing person disappeared from our area two weeks ago. Nobody knows what's happened to him. The rumour mill has all sorts of rumours (none of which I care to repeat here), but this missing person is a close friend to my parents and I know my mother in particular is very upset at his disappearance.

But I doubt this is getting much publicity outside of our area.

I think there is a bit more info in this article. Sounds like she drowned by walking/falling into a creek.

Body of Ontario woman found in creek - Toronto - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/03/25/missing-hanover-woman-body-found.html)