Friend daughter went missing last January, she was having a few drinks in the house and went out to put the cat into the shed for the night, she didn't come back in for ages so her mother went out to look for her, this was around 2.30 am and she had had a few to drink and due to a fall of snow she could see where daughters footsteps went out the gate and then disappeared, She is 26.
Police were called straight away, they had a search and rescue team out straight away as she was only wearing her nightie and dressing gown, she had a quantity of alcohol, there is a river about 750 metres away and she basically disappeared, it was also absolutely freezing, Friend woke me up at 4.45am by banging on my door as she knew my phone is on silent at night to check my doorbell / CCTV footage in case I had caught her on camera going past, she didn't pass my house. I joined the search. She was found standing in the middle of the road about a mile away, confused and frozen,
Her other friends who were covering that end of town spotted her and approached but she ran away screaming. A few of us gathered when the call went out that she was found, she had taken tequila and other drinks on an empty stomach and when she was out sorting out the cat, the alcohol seemed to have hit her system all at once causing her to blackout (but not in the loss of consciousness way), she didn't remember how she got there or who anybody was, police rescue was currently searching the river by 5.30 and she was found at 5.45. She was shaken by it all but after being checked over and released from hospital, she was shocked as she had no memory of how she got to where she was found, a check on some doorbells of her presumed route showed her going past. After a day or so, she was back to her usual self.
The police response couldn't be faulted, one officer stayed in the house as a base while waiting with parents. She was missing less than 4 hours in total,
Its a pity that they didn't make a proper response for Matthew or Noah and sadly it cost them their lives and devasted the families