Canton Woman Reported Missing Found Safe

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A 51-year-old Canton resident has been reunited with her family after spending the night in the woods after her off-road vehicle got stuck in the mud.

Susan Mayo was found safe early Sunday morning, said Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Persons Commander Lt. Michael Grier.

Grier said deputies initially responded to a missing person’s call in the wooded area in the vicinity of 545 Ruff White Road near Waleska.

Mayo was last seen by her boyfriend around 8 p.m. Saturday after riding a four-wheeler in the wooded area.

Grier stated Mayo’s vehicle “had gotten stuck in the mud and appears she began walking out of the woods without a cell phone or a light source.”

Sheriff’s deputies, search and rescue teams and a helicopter from the Georgia State Patrol searched the area for Mayo throughout the evening.

However, Grier said “Mayo used a lighter for illumination until it ran out of fluid and waited in the woods until there was daylight.”

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