"They [police] told me to stay where I was and they would call me back when they found someone to let me out," Rimmel said.

Meanwhile, Burt called another local CVS store, where employees were able to reach the manager of the store where Rimmel was trapped.

Titusville Police Department Public Information Officer Amy Matthews said officers responded to Rimmel's 10:09 p.m. call and waited outside the store for the key holder to arrive. She said the officers determined there was no wrong-doing and sought to calm Rimmel, who appeared shaken up by the experience.

Rimmel said the CVS manager arrived and allowed her to purchase the card before leaving.

Rimmel said she does not understand how employees could have been unaware that she was in the store. She said there was no announcement that the business was closing.

"I'm 6 feet tall. I can overlook all the partitions, I can look over every one of the aisles, so I don't know how they didn't see me. No one said anything to me. No one did nothing," she said. There was no indication it was closing at all. The music was still on and so were the lights.

A CVS spokesman said employees are being retrained to avoid future incidents.

"We sincerely apologize for the incident at our Titusville store, and we are reinforcing the correct store closing procedures with all of our stores to prevent this from occurring again," the spokesman said.

A near-identical incident happened in February at a CVS in St. Cloud, Fla. Christian Hathaway said she went to the front of the store to check out around 9 p.m. only to discover she was alone and locked inside. She said there was no warning that the store was closing and employees did not make sure the business was empty before leaving.

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