Missing Pennsylvania Woman Brenda Heist Reappears 11 Years Later in Florida Keys … Declared Legally Dead in 2010

Talk about bizarre …

54 year old Brenda Heist went missing 11 years ago in Pennsylvania just reappeared this week in Key Largo, Florida. She walked out on her family and turned herself into authorities in the Florida Keys informing them that she thought she might be wanted in another county. Brenda Heist was listed as “missing and possibly deceased” from Lititz, Pennsylvania. Heist went missing in February 2002, after last being seen dropping off her children at school. According to accounts, Heist left just on a whim and decided to just leave, and turn her back on her family and on her troubled life including money problems and a pending divorce, and pursued a life with these homeless people to hitchhike down to Florida. Brenda Heist had been missing so long, she was actually declared legally dead in 2010.

A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems.

Brenda Heist, 54, turned herself in to authorities in Key Largo, Florida, on Friday, informing them that she thought she might be wanted in another county.

The responding officer checked her name and saw that she was listed as “missing and possibly deceased” from Lititz, Pennsylvania, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

Authorities in Monroe County immediately contacted the Lititz Borough Police, informing them that Heist was in their custody.