Missing Woman Back Home

A woman who vanished this weekend after driving to a fast-food restaurant is back home with her family Tuesday morning. Barbara M. Staudt, 37, was found unharmed hundreds of miles away in New York state on Monday night, authorities said. She was returned home by police early Tuesday morning.

The Staudt family held a brief news conference at their home in Evesham Township this morning and thanked police and the news media for their help, then asked that they be left alone.

Staudt, 37, had disappeared around 11 p.m. Saturday when she left her Evesham Township home to pick up some food at a Taco Bell in Berlin Township.

Staudt was found walking the streets of Elmira, N.Y. near the Pennsylvania border on Monday night, and near the location of an acquaintance's trailer that wasn't far from Elmira.

Pennsylvania state police were interviewing the acquaintance, Wayne Morris, 66, of Moorestown, N.J.

Berlin Township Police Chief Michael Hayden told the Courier-Post of Cherry Hill that Morris is cooperating with authorities and no charges have been filed. Pennsylvania State Police had earlier searched a trailer owned by Morris in the Pocono Mountains.

Police said Morris knew Staudt and her husband from a local bowling league. They also said they had spoken with Morris by phone during the day on Monday.

Staudt disappeared this weekend while running an errand.

She was reported missing late Saturday night after she failed to return to her Marlton home from a trip to a Taco Bell fast-food restaurant in Berlin Township.

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