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

[ComplicitPodcast]

One of the men named as a suspect in Lauren's case, Josh Okapal, was recently given time served for the charges he was in jail for (unrelated to Lauren). He was out and on probation for about a month when CCPD issued a new arrest warrant for him on drug charges. He then fled and is considered a fugitive at the moment. It's unclear to us if he truly is involved in her disappearance or if he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but since he's not in police custody yet, we are very interested in speaking with him. If anyone reading this knows how to get in touch with him, please let us know - not to throw him back in jail, to talk to us about Lauren. (we do know from our sources that he is alive and well, so it's not a matter of another missing person here)

 

[kelsie]

One of the men named as a suspect in Lauren's case, Josh Okapal, was recently given time served for the charges he was in jail for (unrelated to Lauren). He was out and on probation for about a month when CCPD issued a new arrest warrant for him on drug charges. He then fled and is considered a fugitive at the moment. It's unclear to us if he truly is involved in her disappearance or if he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but since he's not in police custody yet, we are very interested in speaking with him. If anyone reading this knows how to get in touch with him, please let us know - not to throw him back in jail, to talk to us about Lauren. (we do know from our sources that he is alive and well, so it's not a matter of another missing person here)

aaand he's a sex offender
ugh

 

[Protectwomenandgirls]

aaand he's a sex offender
ugh

What crime was he registered for as a sex offender? Sorry if I'm overlooking it, but I'm just seeing "offense - other," not sure how to find out what the actual crime was? TIA

 

[ComplicitPodcast]

What crime was he registered for as a sex offender? Sorry if I'm overlooking it, but I'm just seeing "offense - other," not sure how to find out what the actual crime was? TIA

He has other charges and convictions in Illinois. I do not believe he has been arrested for sex offenses in Lee County, but he had to register upon arrival - again, I believe.

 

[cbeagle]

FYI - Joshua Okapal was on last Friday's NBC Ft Myers Fugitive Friday.

Fugitive Friday: August 27

 

[ComplicitPodcast]

FYI - Joshua Okapal was on last Friday's NBC Ft Myers Fugitive Friday.

Fugitive Friday: August 27

How they have not located this man yet is beyond comprehension.

 

[GuyfromCanada]

When Lauren Dumolo lost her job amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 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.

More at Missing Moms: Fla. Mother Last Seen Applying for Job Is Still Missing a Year Later, Family Is Not Giving Up

 

[Laughing]

Missing Moms: Fla. Mother Last Seen Applying for Job Is Still Missing a Year Later, Family Is Not Giving Up

Is this the article just posted?

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Moms: Fla. Mother Last Seen Applying for Job Is Still Missing a Year Later, Family Is Not Giving Up

Is this the article just posted?

People Magazine just released an issue that included Mystery & Heartbreak: Where are These Missing Moms. Lauren is one of several women covered in the magazine’s feature.

Missing Cape Coral mom to be part of People magazine feature

 

[kelsie]

Gabby Petito case hits home for family of missing Cape Coral mom

Lauren Dumolo has been missing 476 days, and it’s hard on her family.

“Because you always have that, you know, slim little bit of hope,” father Paul Dumolo said. “When that phone rings, you hope that it’s gonna be your daughter. But it doesn’t happen.”

“And I almost had like a PTSD kind of response to the Gabby Petito case because it brought up all those beginning raw emotions that we felt in the beginning days,” sister Cassie Carey said.

Both Cassie and Paul wish all missing persons cases would be handled with the same priority as Gabby’s.

“I just wish that we had a team behind us that was as aggressive in fighting this battle as they were in Gabby’s case,” Paul said.

Paul fears the outcome of his daughter’s case will be the same as Gabby’s’ case.

“If they ever do find my daughter, I don’t … believe my daughter is still alive,” Paul said. “They have closure. We don’t. They had press conferences. They had so much attention at the very, very beginning of this. We didn’t.”

Paul was referring to national attention, and Paul thinks he knows why.

“For the fact that she had a past, you know, her prior drug history,” Paul said. “And I think, that doesn’t, that shouldn’t matter. My daughter was clean by the way, up until, you know… She was for the last almost two years, she was clean.”

 

[JerseyGirl]

Missing Cape Coral woman's father upset with how case has been handled

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Cape Coral woman's father upset with how case has been handled

The father of a missing woman is upset with a local police department because he says investigators made a major mistake from the beginning.

Dumolo wants to know what happened to his daughter.

He said, from his first call to the department, he’s had trouble.

“On Sunday, the twenty-first of 2020, which was Father’s Day, there was a missing persons report put out,” Paul said. “On the twenty-fourth, I flew into Florida. I got in at eleven o’clock at night. Thursday morning, I woke up, call Cape Coral Police Department and was asking who’s on my daughter’s case, and I want to speak to them, and nobody was even assigned to my daughter’s case.”

Dumolo went on to list more problems, including forensics, missing evidence and lack of communication with him and a lack of media attention.

…

When we asked CCPD to a response to Paul Dumolo’s claims, a spokesman told us the detective on the case had nothing new to release.

 

[ComplicitPodcast]

There will be a press conference held today, Wed. Oct. 13 at 3pm by the Lee County Sheriff's office with regards to Lauren's case.

 

[Gardenista]

Jeff Butera

@ABC7Jeff

NEW: The Lee County Sheriff says they have found the body of a young female. They can *not* say it was missing woman Lauren Dumolo, but can *not* exclude her. IMPORTANT: They want to talk to anyone who did DENTAL WORK on Lauren Dumolo in #SWFL or in Staten Island or Maryland.

 

[Gardenista]

Jeff Butera

@ABC7Jeff

The dental work will help in identification, one way or another. Investigators believe person has been dead > 6 months but < 5 years CCPD: "Biggest lead they've had in this case" and "good possibility this is Lauren"

 

[Magz]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

Here is the press conference. Dental records needed from Staten Island-extraction done approx 10 years ago. Or dental records from Florida.

 

[PayrollNerd]

She was reported missing from an apartment on Coronado Pkwy. That is an hour south of where these remains were found. It sounds like they have an idea of who was involved.

 

[cvaldez1975]

waaaoooo... i hope this is the closure her family needed but even if it isnt, someone's female fam member is passed

 

[Dre]

wow, Chief Sizemore seemed extremely warm, respectful, and professional, and made me feel like they are indeed working hard on Lauren's case..

honestly however, given the population of where the body was found, I have doubts it will be her which makes me very sad as I would love even a little bit of closure for her family

 

[ComplicitPodcast]

Lauren had very identifiable teeth, so I imagine they have something of a good sense it is her. If they confirm it, then the next phase of the investigation can begin, and we can start to get justice for Lauren. Somebody put her there, that's not a place she went on her own.