DPS-VSP Press Release/Missing Person Autumn Sanville LOCATED/16D002431

October 30, 2016

DPS-VSP press release/missing person Autumn Sanville located/16D002431

Vermont State Police Press Release

Missing Person Autumn Sanville

16D002431

Autumn Sanville, 17, reported missing on October 6, 2016, was located earlier this afternoon.

Sanville was found at the Royalton residence of her boyfriend.  The boyfriend, Shadoe Benson, 22, lives with his father in Royalton.  When Benson’s father came home unexpectedly he found Sanville in his kitchen and made Benson contact the State Police.

Detectives contacted Shadoe Benson several times throughout this investigation, and he denied having knowledge of Sanville’s whereabouts.  Benson claimed to not know Sanville was at the residence until she was found there by his father.

Sanville was uninjured and claimed to have spent the last three and a half weeks alone, camping with just a sleeping bag in the woods. She claimed she did this all on her own, no one assisted her, and that she subsisted on a diet of bread, jelly, river water, and goldfish crackers.  

Despite her claims, Sanville was clean and dry, and her clothing and sleeping bag showed no signs of wear and tear or use in the woods.  

Sanville said she threw her cell phone into the Connecticut River the day she went missing.

Sanville returned home with her parents.  State Police are continuing this criminal investigation and thank the public for their assistance and cooperation.  Anyone with further information about where Sanville has been can contact detectives at 802 722-4600.

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