Poppy Bilderbeck
Police have revealed that a missing mom has been safely rescued from a shipping container after being trapped inside for three days.
On Wednesday (6 March), Marlene Lopez was reported missing to police by a coworker who grew concerned after she failed to pick up her son.
The 52-year-old mom had last been seen on Monday (4 March) at her home on Lucerne Drive in Orlando, Florida.
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Detectives responded to the missing person's report by checking all 'known locations' as well as interviewing family members and issuing a 'missing person bulletin,' News 6 reports.
The department told the outlet: "During the course of the investigation, detectives were notified that the woman had been found.
"She had been banging on the door of the shipping container when someone heard her and unlocked the door."
Cocoa Police Department took to Facebook to release a full update on March 7.
In the post, the department explains Lopez was found 'trapped' in a shipping container located 'next to a business at 2005 N. Cocoa Blvd'.
The owner of the shipping container, Tyler Sonneberg, told News 6 that he saw the mom walking near the area on Monday and the following day, he locked down the storage unit but didn't hear anything during his visit the day after - with the container being stocked with lawnmowers.
Sonneberg denies any involvement in the incident.
Lopez is reported by police as having been uninjured when rescued from the container.
When asked what happened, she was recorded telling WESH 2 News: "I don't know. I was in one place and found in another."
However, the mom was taken to hospital 'for evaluation and possible dehydration'.
Cocoa Police Department's Yvonne Martinez continued to the outlet: "She was slightly, not in a good state of mind to where we could talk to her and get good information."
Martinez adds: "She ended up in that shipping container unbeknownst to anyone. The people who own the shipping container ended up coming in and securing it for the night not knowing she was in there so it just appears to be a case of wrong place wrong time and nobody knew she was in there."
Cocoa Police Department resolves in its post to social media: "The circumstances of how she ended up in the shipping container remain under investigation."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cocoa Police Department at 321-639-7620.
UNILAD has contacted Cocoa Police Department for further comment.