Missing North Carolina couple found safe in Ohio after hitchhiking there

Thursday, March 21, 2019
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two Orange County residents were found safe in Ohio hours after a missing persons report was filed on their behalf.

Investigators said Ethel Puckett, 62, and her husband Leroy, 72, were found in Ohio on Thursday.
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The couple's family said they later learned the pair had hitchhiked from North Carolina to Ohio.

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