FL FL - Patricia Scala, 27, Sarasota, 22 May 2012

[marsyao]

I did some digging, looks like she was charged with "Heroin sale, manuf/deliver" (3 Court Records for Patricia Scala found in FL), so she was charged with not just using but sale, manufacture and deliver Heroin, this kind life carried risk, would that have something to do with her disappearance ?

 

[Meredith28]

I went to middle school with Erin in Connecticut and this case breaks my heart. Is there a chance this was one of her profiles on Twitter? https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/566122783524917248/J5LU11Nc.jpeg

Sorry, old news. This account definitely belonged to her based on her Facebook posts about sending money to her PayPal with an email address of the same name. Wonder if there has been any activity at all tied to that account in recent years?

 

[ForceOfOne]

It's so sad that there still are not answers. I knew Erin and dated her for a while. We lost touch for quite a few years and reconnected via Facebook in 2010. One of the last times I saw her, she was in the hospital for a blood infection or MRSA - I don't recall. I came to visit her and she seemed happy and determined. Believe she was newly single at the time and she had rediscovered religion a bit. Not too long after she got out of the hospital we grabbed a drink one night and that was the last time I saw her in person. Her last message to me on FB was the beginning of 2012. I'd mentioned us catching up and she said that her boyfriend wouldn't be happy about her hanging out with another guy and that she was living with him in some big house in Lake Sarasota. Said they'd been off and on for five years and that it was "complicated (to say the least)". From everything I've read and seen, I think she was either abducted (human trafficking) or he is responsible. Hope I'm wrong every day.

 

[ForceOfOne]

Also I'll leave this screenshot here from this link... PETITION: DCF Is Kidnapping My Sons! | Sarasota Crooked Lawyers - John was the last person to see her. I'll let Jill Dovi's comments speak for themselves.

 

[Meredith28]

It's so sad that there still are not answers. I knew Erin and dated her for a while. We lost touch for quite a few years and reconnected via Facebook in 2010. One of the last times I saw her, she was in the hospital for a blood infection or MRSA - I don't recall. I came to visit her and she seemed happy and determined. Believe she was newly single at the time and she had rediscovered religion a bit. Not too long after she got out of the hospital we grabbed a drink one night and that was the last time I saw her in person. Her last message to me on FB was the beginning of 2012. I'd mentioned us catching up and she said that her boyfriend wouldn't be happy about her hanging out with another guy and that she was living with him in some big house in Lake Sarasota. Said they'd been off and on for five years and that it was "complicated (to say the least)". From everything I've read and seen, I think she was either abducted (human trafficking) or he is responsible. Hope I'm wrong every day.

This might be a dumb question, but did you share that information with the authorities?

 

[PayrollNerd]

Just seeing this case and I'm local.
Published today.

The Missing: It's been 9 years since Erin vanished without a trace (msn.com)

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has done dozens of interviews with her friends and neighbors. Investigators also searched her phone, bank and other accounts, but nothing has led them to her.

The sheriff’s office told us this: “We are glad to hear you are highlighting this story. Unfortunately we have no updates to this investigation at this time however, the case is assigned to one of our detectives and it is being actively worked.”