Heather's 30th birthday was last month. Before she vanished, she was the eldest of seven children. Her family quietly acknowledges that she led a difficult and sometimes tortured life. But she remained close to her siblings. She was -- or is -- mother to four children.
Throughout her trials with addiction and drug abuse, she never disappeared for a prolonged period...
According to Daly, the last ironclad sighting was more than two years ago, on April 16, 2012. That was on James Street, Daly said, where patrol officers encountered Heather and another woman at a property associated with drug users. It was a day or two after the family last saw her; Ed gave her a ride to a boyfriend's house on Hawley Avenue.