Where is Lauren Dumolo?

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Still no answers for the family of a Cape Coral woman who went missing exactly three years ago.

Back in June 2020, Lauren Dumolo was last seen at her apartment in South Cape Coral.

Despite the case receiving national attention from People Magazine, Dr. Phil, and national crime podcasts, there are still many questions surrounding Dumolo's case.

“Where is she? I think that is everyone’s biggest question… where is she?," asked Cassie Carey, Dumolo's sister.

That question still gnawing at Carey.

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“At this point, we are going on three years of the unknown, and I think that is the hardest part — not knowing, because your brain is constantly in fight mode, and think mode, there’s no rest it’s just exhausting," Carey said.

An open wound for the family of Dumolo who was 29 at the time she went missing — and can't be healed without answers.

“If you were in Lauren’s circle, if you knew her at whatever level and you know more than you shared, why won’t you come forward? Her little girl is growing up without her mom," said Trish Routte, with Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.

Dumolo was last seen at her home off on the 4000 block of Coronado Parkway in South Cape.

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Investigators said her phone was found inside her apartment but her purse and sweater turned up a mile away at Four Freedoms Park on Cape Coral Parkway — a place Lauren’s sister says was her "happy place." Cassie said the last time she spoke to her sister was the night before she went missing.

“I was supposed to talk to her the next day, I was supposed to help her get signed up for unemployment," Carey said.

That phone call never came.

Carey said her sister was at war with drugs but was trying to get better for her daughter. According to Carey the same month Lauren vanished she was involuntarily held twice for Baker Acts — for emergency mental health services.

Carey said the first time it happened was June 1st, 2020 when Lauren was at Four Freedom Park and bystanders called the police because of Lauren's erratic behavior, saying someone was after her.

The second time was days before she was last seen.

“She’s released, she is out there looking for a job, that’s not someone who is just going to run away," Carey said.

Carey said she doesn't want her sister's case to be forgotten by the community and is pleading for anyone who has information to come forward.

Cape Coral Police could not comment on the case because it's still active. SWFL Crime Stoppers confirmed the reward for the case is $8,000 and tippers will remain anonymous

If anyone has information they are asked to call the Cape Coral Police or Crimestoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS.