Police identify woman in Oakland County hospital

Authorities have identified the woman in an Oakland County hospital as Stephanie Lynn Yeider, 38, of Waterford Township.

Yeider was found unconscious early Friday evening at an intersection in Independence Township, where she had been staggering along a roadway before collapsing, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.

For days, doctors could not figure out what was wrong -- though she was unconscious, she did not appear to be injured or under the influence of drugs.

They were also unable to figure out who she was because she had no ID with her, and her fingerprints were not in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

But then Yeider’s friend called the Sheriff’s Office and identified her after seeing a Facebook post.

Deputies confirmed Yeider’s identity by going to her home and speaking with her boyfriend -- who said he had called hospitals and the local jail and had been unable to find her.

Steve Pepple contributed reporting.

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