Mayor Bruce Wilkerson said he came upon the woman after finding some blood on his cellar door
that he had also called authorities to see if there were reports of a missing woman, but found there were none.
Wilkerson only came upon the woman after some of the electrical outlets in the house suddenly lost their power and he returned to the cellar for a second investigation, according to the local newspaper. He said the woman, who Wilkerson described as in her 20s with long brunette hair, told him she was "hiding from someone" before running out of the cellar and into the street.
Wilkerson said he doesn’t know how long the woman had been living in his cellar, but noted to police that she did not steal anything from the property and he has no interest in her arrest.Reflecting on the strange incident, Wilkerson told WKNY-TV that officers "were grinning" when they took his statement, joking that "no matter how they write the report, it’s going to say the mayor locked a woman in his house.
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