Lauren Dumolo: Timeline of events surrounding the search for missing Cape woman
Kaitlin GreenockleIt's been one year, three months and 24 days since Lauren Dumolo, 29, of Cape Coral, went missing.
From the moment she was gone, her family and friends never gave up looking for her hoping that one day they could "Bring Lauren Home."
Quickly, the community rallied around them and helped in the search.
On Wednesday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced that skeletal remains found on a Pine Island lot Oct. 5 could match those of Lauren. The remains appear to be that of a white woman, aged 30 to 50 and are 6 months to five years old.
He and Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore issued a plea for dentists in three states to search their records for any of her dental X-rays. She had a tooth removed a decade ago, possibly in the northeast.
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Here is a timeline of events surrounding Lauren Dumolo's disappearance:
June 13, 2020:
Cassie Carey, Dumolo's sister, went to the beach with Lauren along with Carey's two children and Dumolo's boyfriend Gabriel Pena. Dumolo had just been involuntarily hospitalized for the first time after family said she had been hearing voices and thinking people were after her.
Lauren built sandcastles with her niece and played with her nephew. When the two sisters said goodbye, Lauren promised she was OK, Carey said.
A few days later, Lauren was hospitalized for a second time. She started acting odd and told her father, Paul Dumolo, that she had no idea what was happening to her.
Before these two hospitalizations, Lauren never had any mental health issues.
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June 18, 2020:
Lauren was released from her second hospitalization and started applying for Jobs around Cape Coral.
Carey spoke with Lauren on the phone that night, and they planned to talk again the next day, but that didn't happen.
June 19, 2020:
Paul Dumolo receives a phone call from Pena stating that Lauren never came home and that he last saw her that morning before he left for work.
Her phone was left at her apartment, and her shirt and purse were found shortly after by a citizen at Four Freedoms Park.
Two days later Pena reported Lauren as missing to police at the request of Paul Dumolo.
In Pena's written statement to police, he said he spent the night with Lauren at the apartment on June 18, 2020, and left for work in the morning. Pena returned to Lauren's apartment at 10 p.m. June 19, 2020, and she wasn't there. He said he called police that day, but they informed him he needed to wait 48 hours.
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June 24, 2020:
Lauren's status as a missing person was changed to a missing endangered person.
July 2020:
Paul Dumolo hired private investigator Walt Zalisko to help look for his daughter.
Zalisko has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience and opened Global Investigative Group in Fort Myers 12 years ago.
Zalisko said Lauren's case was different because there have been no sightingsof her, no activity on credit cards and friends have not heard from her.
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Aug. 18, 2020:
Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers posts that the reward could be increased for the search for Lauren.
Crime Stoppers offers $3,000 for information in the case and a private donor from Marco Island pledged $5,000 to help bring Lauren home.
Sept. 3, 2020:
Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers joined volunteers to hand out 125 yard signs about Lauren's case.
The goal was to get the signs placed in high visibility areas in Cape Coral in hopes of someone recognizing Lauren who may have seen her or have information about her disappearance.
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Oct. 3, 2020:
Community members held a "We Ride For Lauren" fundraiser at Big 10 Tavern in Cape Coral to raise awareness and additional money for the reward fund.
The event started with a motorcycle ride in honor of Lauren, led by Paul Dumolo and the event continued with music, snow cones, a dunk tank, face painting, bounce house and corn hole. It was sponsored by almost 50 businesses.
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Dec. 5, 2020:
Community members, friends, family and Cape Coral Police Department members gathered in Four Freedoms Park to tie pink ribbons on trees and take a mile walk to raise awareness of Lauren's case.
The group of nearly 50 people the route that passed Lauren's apartment on Coronado Parkway.
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June 19, 2021:
Lauren's friends, family and community members gathered at Four Freedom Park in remembrance for the one-year anniversary of her disappearance. They placed a bench at Lauren's favorite spot in the park near the water's edge.
The bench reads, "Lauren is always with us, our angel, #bringlaurenhome."
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Oct. 5, 2021:
Skeletal remains found on a Pine Island lot. Lee County Sheriff investigates.
Oct. 13, 2021:
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno and Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore hold a joint news conference to announce that human skeletal remains were found that could be Lauren's.
The remains are believed to be of a white woman, 30 to 50 years old who died between 6 months and 5 years ago.
The agencies are hoping dentists in Cape Coral, Staten Island, New York and Maryland come forward with dental records to make a successful match so they can confirm the remains are Lauren's.