Ghost image in InDesign CS5

I opened a file that was created in CS4 in InDesign CS5. I have been working on it for a few days. I am now on page 39 and I am encountering a very annoying and puzzling problem.
On that page, I had an image with a caption behing a text box that runs on the whole page. Wrapping for the image was set to wrap around.
Now in CS5, the text is OK but the image and caption are like ghosts - I cannot select them, delete them, edit them. They were on the same layer as the text, send to the back. When I make the layer invisible, the text, image and caption disappear so they are still on the same layer. I moved the tex box away and the image is there but untouchable. When I updated the image which I edited, the image updated but wrongly since I added some info on the bottom and now it is cut off. The image is still there unmovable!
How can I get this image to become accessible now or how can I delete it and start over?

In order to see the previous panel, the layer panel had to be opened and here is how it looks. There is no locked layer at all. The picture in on the top layer (green - labeled Text) When I hide the layer the text and photo disappear. So the photo is on the same layer as the text as I placed it. When I move the text out, the photo is there in the middle of the page but cannot be selected. The photo is not locked and was not locked earlier either. When I right click on the photo area, nothing happens because it cannot be selected. If it was locked, normally it still could be selected to unlock it. But it is not selectable. It is like a ghost but at the same time, since it was originally set to wrap around, when I move the text over it, it wraps around the box that I can otherwise not select.

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