A report that a Wheelersburg woman had been kidnapped led deputies across multiple jurisdictions before she was eventually found lethargic on the side of a road.
Scioto County Sheriff’s deputies took the report because the woman lives in Wheelersburg.
Investigators contacted the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and asked deputies there to check an address connected to a man reportedly last seen with the woman.
Lawrence County deputies initially could not make contact with the man, and a phone number associated with him went to voicemail. Deputies later went to the home of the man’s mother and spoke with him by phone.
Several hours after the original report, Scioto County dispatch received word that the missing woman had been found along a roadside in Huntington, West Virginia.
According to the report, an unknown woman stayed with her until another person arrived to help.
The woman reportedly appeared lethargic and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
She told authorities she believed she may have been given drugs.
Huntington Police were contacted to speak with her and investigate further.
The initial sheriff’s report does not establish whether a kidnapping occurred or explain how the woman ended up in Huntington.