By Marlene LenthangNBC
News
The New Jersey police have apparently solved the mystery of the woman who was seen bloodied and screaming in the cabin of a white truck: she was located after a 26-hour search, she is safe and her story is not as sinister as it initially appeared. .
The investigation began on Wednesday, when a witness reported seeing a bleeding woman and the driver of the vehicle putting her into the truck around 2 in the afternoon on Route 130, according to the South Brunswick Township police report Thursday.
The authorities published recordings of the incident asking for citizen collaboration and managed to locate the vehicle at 5 pm on Thursday.
The truck driver and the woman, in her 50s, are a married couple, Deputy Commissioner Jim Ryan explained to NBC News.
The woman was bleeding after hitting her head inside the vehicle and tried to get out of the window because of her fright.
In the images of surveillance cameras, he sees how the truck accelerates when a man approaches the vehicle;
According to the police, the truck driver sped up to get medical help.
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The police claimed to have received clues from different parts of the country, but the one who helped them locate the couple was Gabrielli Truck Sales, a truck dealership located on Route 130, near where the incident took place, who provided a key video.
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Authorities searched Middlesex and Union counties and observed a man matching a witness description;
they found the woman in the same place, and both agreed to go to the police station for questioning.
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The man stopped the vehicle without warning, according to his testimony, and his wife "fell forward and hit her head," Ryan explained.
“He grabbed her shoulder when he saw her hit her head.
She saw the blood and panicked because she thought it was serious
, so she started screaming for help, as she wanted to put pressure on the wound.
When he stopped the truck and saw the blood, he knew they should seek medical attention,” Ryan continued.
“He was not aware of the presence of a witness nor did he notice that anyone else had witnessed the incident,” he added, to explain why he sped up the truck.
The driver said the bleeding stopped and they went to a local Rite Aid to get a bandage for the woman.
A video inside the truck confirms the couple's version
.
Detectives said finding them was "looking for a needle in a haystack."
They received tips from Texas, California and Washington.
The police enlisted the help of the FBI.
"Usually our stories are so sad and tragic, this one has a positive ending because so many people got involved quickly and we found the answers," Ryan concluded.
