When Lauren Dumolo lost her job amid theCOVID-19 pandemicin June 2020, the Cape Coral, Fla., mom wanted to quickly find a new one to support her 5-year-old daughter McKayla.
On June 18, 2020, Lauren walked into a convenience store and applied for a position at a sandwich shop, which was captured on surveillance video.
The next day, her sister Cassie Carey says, “I called her that morning like three different times, messaged her and I never heard back from her.”
That evening, Lauren’s on-and-off again boyfriend, Gabriel Pena, called her father to tell her she was not home. Lauren’s father told him to have Lauren call him when she returned.
The call never came.
“It appears that she just vanished,” says Cape Coral detective Nick Jones.
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Police interviewed Lauren’s boyfriend, who had an alibi and passed a polygraph test, Jones has said. He is not a suspect in the case.
With nothing but dead ends, Lauren’s sister says her family refuses to give up.
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“It’s not like we’re going to wake up and we’re not going to do anything,” says Cassie. “We’re going to continue to push [her story] through social media, push it through different media waves and just make sure we keep Lauren’s story alive.”
“We’re not going to give up until she’s found,” says Cassie.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Cape Coral Police at 239-574-3223.
source: people.com
