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Autumn Marie Traub, 33, disappeared from Lakeland, Florida, on September 13, 2006. She was last seen leaving her home with her stepfather, Roy Phillip Ballard, who said he dropped her at a Walgreens; Autumn has not been seen since. She left behind a husband and a 14-year-old daughter.

Investigators focused on Ballard after the daughter alleged he had sexually abused her and Autumn had taken custody away from Ballard and her mother. In the weeks after the disappearance, bloodstains matching Autumn’s were found in Ballard’s car, along with plastic bags, duct tape, and a shovel; Ballard had also bought an 18-inch steel pipe and duct tape days earlier. Ballard was arrested and charged with murder in October 2006; at trial a cellmate testified Ballard confessed to killing Autumn and disposing of her body. Ballard was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, later commuted to life without parole. Autumn’s body has never been recovered and the case remains officially unsolved, though foul play is strongly suspected.

Did anyone in Lakeland know Autumn’s movements or see her around September 13, 2006?