FL FL - Lauren Brittney Dumolo, 29, Cape Coral, 19 Jun 2020

[mlhenn]

Glad to see the NamUs profile clarify that she was last seen at her apartment. That had been one of my most-pressing questions.

A couple of others:
1) Do we know why she was believed to have just returned from the park when seen at her house?
2) There has been some mention that she possibly “relapsed” and would go to the park to use. I have seen no sources from MSM alleging drug use on the part of LD. Is this pure speculation? Grounded in FB rumor?

As far as the alleged drug use, I found this link. It doesn’t come out & say she had problems with drugs but it does state she’s made some questionable life choices etc...

Paul admits his daughter’s gone through some tough times but has been on the straight and narrow since she lost custody of her child two years ago. Lauren has a young daughter of 5 years old, who lives up north with her paternal grandmother.

“She didn’t want that for her life anymore,” Paul said. “No matter what it was, she always knew she could reach out to me.”


Police work to trace Cape Coral woman's suspicious disappearance

 

[PayrollNerd]

It is surprising that Mom isn’t visible or vocal. It makes me wonder if she’s been threatened, is scared or even complicit. Perhaps she simply can’t express her pain at the concept of her missing child. Dad hasn’t mentioned Mom at all either.

 

[mlhenn]

Police work to trace Cape Coral woman's suspicious disappearance

A man talking to police didn’t want to be interviewed on the record but stated that the day before (June 18), Lauren asked him about available apartments, saying she “wanted to get out of the situation she was in.”

He said he again saw her the next day, on June 19, around 8 a.m. and waved at her as she was walking along the route from the park to her apartment.

If this is true, then that puts her coming from the park at 8am on June 19.

 

[mlhenn]

New clue in case of missing Cape Coral woman

It states she was last seen in a tshirt.
Her sister found a burgundy lace shirt that the believe to be hers.
LE hasn’t confirmed.

Do we know if the burgundy shirt found matches the shirt she was last seen in on the 19th?

 

[Magz]

New clue in case of missing Cape Coral woman

It states she was last seen in a tshirt.
Her sister found a burgundy lace shirt that the believe to be hers.
LE hasn’t confirmed.

Do we know if the burgundy shirt found matches the shirt she was last seen in on the 19th?

I haven't seen any more detail about the tee shirt she was last seen in. Did the boyfriend report that or maybe the person who saw her walking from the park at 8am the 19th. It would seem if it was the boyfriend he would have said what color it was or if it had graphics. I would not describe the lace burgundy shirt as a tee shirt. It is a sleeveless top, sort of a tank top, so I doubt that is the shirt she was last seen in. But, I do believe that burgundy top belongs to Lauren based on the sister's statement and FB photo she provided.

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Cape Coral woman: Reward increases for information about Lauren Dumolo

New article published today

 

[Steph8angels]

From link, above:

The reward for information about the whereabouts of Lauren Brittney Dumolo, is now up to $8,000 after a Marco Island businessman added $5,000 to the effort.

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts or anyone who may have seen her at any point from June 19 on is asked to contact Cape Coral police at (239) 574-3223, submit an anonymous tip at capecops.com/tips or TipSubmit, send a message through social media platforms or call Crimestoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS. Reference case number 20-011323.

 

[Magz]

Cape Coral Police Department Newsroom — Cape Coral Police Department

Today the Cape Coral police posted Lauren's missing flyer again on their website. The last time they posted it was June 29. That was the day this thread began.

 

[Magz]

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – It’s been 49 days since Lauren Dumolo vanished from her Cape Coral apartment. The young, beautiful mother disappeared on June 19 — her phone was left behind in her home.

“Nobody leaves without their phone,” her father, Paul Dumolo, explained. “So why she left her phone behind, I have a problem with that.”

Lauren’s boyfriend, Gabriel Pena, was one of the last people to see her. He claims he said goodbye to her that mysterious Friday morning before he went to work around 6 a.m.

Later that day, he confirmed a maintenance worker saw her at her apartment complex off Coronado Parkway around 8:15 a.m.

According to Lauren’s sister, Cassie Carey, police were able to track down the last time her cell phone was used. Just after 10 in the morning, Lauren, or someone using Lauren’s phone, tried to video chat her boyfriend on Facebook from the apartment. Gabriel did not answer.

“Lauren doesnt leave her house without her phone, Lauren doesn’t not contact us,” Cassie said.

Days after her disappearance, her purse was found at Four Freedoms Park. Her family said she often walked there and meditated by the water.


About a week later, one of her shirts was found buried in the sand.

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“The whole thing to me is really suspicious to be honest with you. It was definitely her shirt and for it to be buried there, someone had to bury it,” Paul said.

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

[edited because you can only legally post 10% of an article]

 

[ChatteringBirds]

There is absolutely zero chance she's in the water by that park, right? It was searched meticulously? Sorry for the obvious question, but the shirt being found buried there...

Poor Lauren and her family.

 

[mlhenn]

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

From the post above...
To note:
•her boyfriend’s name is Gabriel Pena
•he stated he last seen her when he left for work at 6am
•a maintenance worker saw her at her apartment complex around 8:15am
•police were able to track down the last time her cell phone was used. Just after 10am, Lauren, or someone using Lauren’s phone, tried to video chat her boyfriend on Facebook from the apartment. Gabriel did not answer.
•Days after her disappearance, her purse was found at Four Freedoms Park.
•she often walked there and meditated by the water.
•About a week later, one of her shirts was found buried in the sand.
•Lauren’s missing persons report was filed on a Sunday by Gabriel, two days after she vanished
•but due to an error in the report, detectives didn’t start investigating until five days after she was last heard from
•LE are following many leads, but will not release the names of any persons of interest in this case.
•her boyfriend said he spoke to investigators and took a polygraph test
•her boyfriend said she wasn’t using drugs and wouldn’t harm herself. Her family agreed.

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

THIS STOOD OUT:
According to Lauren’s sister, Cassie Carey, police were able to track down the last time her cell phone was used. Just after 10 in the morning, Lauren, or someone using Lauren’s phone, tried to video chat her boyfriend on Facebook from the apartment. Gabriel did not answer.


Lauren’s boyfriend said he didn’t hear from her after he left to go to work. He claims he didn’t get a call or text from her that morning, despite phone records saying otherwise, according to her family.

There is absolutely zero chance she's in the water by that park, right? It was searched meticulously? Sorry for the obvious question, but the shirt being found buried there...

Poor Lauren and her family.

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News


Volunteer search teams from Marco Island have looked around Cape Coral, in hopes of finding even the smallest piece of evidence. Divers searched the lake off Four Freedoms Park, but detectives could not release whether or not they found anything of interest in the water.

“Do you have any reason to believe she is still alive?” Digital Executive Producer Vanessa Bein asked.

“I can’t answer that,” Detective Jones said.

 

[borndem]

Just now joining. I saw this -- please forgive if it's a repeat.
And of course, this just doesn't look good. SMH.

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother?
by Vanessa Bein
August 7, 2020
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – It’s been 49 days since Lauren Dumolo vanished from her Cape Coral apartment. The young, beautiful mother disappeared on June 19 — her phone was left behind in her home.
“Nobody leaves without their phone,” her father, Paul Dumolo, explained. “So why she left her phone behind, I have a problem with that.”
Lauren’s boyfriend, Gabriel Pena, was one of the last people to see her. He claims he said goodbye to her that mysterious Friday morning before he went to work around 6 a.m.
[...]
Days after her disappearance, her purse was found at Four Freedoms Park. Her family said she often walked there and meditated by the water.
About a week later, one of her shirts was found buried in the sand.
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More here:
No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

 

[Kismet7]

No phone, no money, no trace of Lauren Dumolo: Where is the Cape Coral mother? - NBC2 News

From the post above...
To note:
•her boyfriend’s name is Gabriel Pena
•he stated he last seen her when he left for work at 6am
•a maintenance worker saw her at her apartment complex around 8:15am
•police were able to track down the last time her cell phone was used. Just after 10am, Lauren, or someone using Lauren’s phone, tried to video chat her boyfriend on Facebook from the apartment. Gabriel did not answer.
•Days after her disappearance, her purse was found at Four Freedoms Park.
•she often walked there and meditated by the water.
•About a week later, one of her shirts was found buried in the sand.
•Lauren’s missing persons report was filed on a Sunday by Gabriel, two days after she vanished
•but due to an error in the report, detectives didn’t start investigating until five days after she was last heard from
•LE are following many leads, but will not release the names of any persons of interest in this case.
•her boyfriend said he spoke to investigators and took a polygraph test
•her boyfriend said she wasn’t using drugs and wouldn’t harm herself. Her family agreed.

Didn't her boyfriend initially say the reason he didn't report her missing right away was because he thought she was off with someone "getting messed up" or something to that effect? Essentially implying she had relapsed. Yet now, he says she wasn't using drugs....hmmmm.

I had to go back through the thread, but I found the article where he was quoted saying her friend had gotten her all messed up on drugs.
Boyfriend of missing Cape Coral woman speaks

 

[Scout73]

I wonder if her phone has been turned over to anyone that can pull data that has been deleted?
Her phone was in the apartment Thursday night when it last had activity other than a FB call to her BF Friday morning, not sure is she or someone else placed that call. So let's just say window of opportunity for something to happen is 8pm Thursday night to Friday mid-morning. Others at that point had access to her phone for days until her family got it. Wonder what messages were deleted... The whereabouts of a few individuals that weekend are going to be critical in finding her. I just don't think she would leave her house willing and not take her phone or her purse, at least one item. If she left willing and took her phone and something occurred elsewhere someone would still have had to take the phone back home but then they would have that last ping prior to it being at her house.

 

[Magz]

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[PayrollNerd]

Playing devils advocate here..... I have fleeting moments where it crosses my mind that she’s being held against her will in her mother’s apartment. This being at the direction of those that live there. Of course that can’t even be checked out because LE would need evidence and a search warrant. Pure speculation on my part. JMO

I wonder if anyone has a big chest freezer, knows their way around a farm, has access to heavy equipment, owns a boat, etc.

 

[Magz]

For those who aren't familiar, I want to point out that Lauren's case has some similarities with Cieha Taylor missing from Plant City, FL on Feb 6, 20. Cieha's shoes were found in plain sight in a frequently searched area where her abandoned car was found. Check out Cieha's thread.

 

[Scout73]

For those who aren't familiar, I want to point out that Lauren's case has some similarities with Cieha Taylor missing from Plant City, FL on Feb 6, 20. Cieha's shoes were found in plain sight in a frequently searched area where her abandoned car was found. Check out Cieha's thread.

I did note that in Cieha's....

Could it be possible BF or others close needed money and sold her.. I am at such a loss... Do we know if mom, mom BF or BF have a car? If they do what kind of areas can it drive through? Is it reliable, how far distance wise could they easily travel? What was the weather like that Thursday night. It would be really nice if we knew if BF went to work Friday.

There used to be some old docks and trees kinda behind the Walmart on Del Prado, it has been several years since I have been over there but used to fish back there and it was pretty secluded. May be all built up with houses now.

Mom is still silent!

 

[Scout73]

Family says last activity on phone was:

8pm Thursday night from her apt. text or call I don't know that
10am Friday, Facebook video call to BF, no answer

It is hard for me to believe that she went from 8pm Thursday night all the way to 10am the next morning...14 hours of no phone activity. I am sorry you tell me what 29yo F now days puts there phone down for 14 hours.....

BF also stated he thought she was going out to look for apts. Don't you think there would be some phone activity, scheduling or confirming appointment to see it, something in that 14 hour window.

 

[Scout73]

Maybe they could check her phone usage and see if this is a normal pattern for her to have no usage for 14+ hours, if not.... Who placed the 10am call? And I am guessing they could tell the call was placed from the apt....