Denise Dawn Young was last seen walking away from her home in the 600 block of Community Street in Arabi, Louisiana, on August 4, 2017. Neighbors reported she left carrying only her purse and wearing a shirt of an unknown color, jeans with distinctive embroidery up the right leg, and red Converse shoes. She left behind almost everything else, including her cat and her prescribed medications; she had a history of mental illness and relied on medication to manage it.

Denise is 5 feet 7 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with brown hair streaked with gray and brown eyes. She sometimes wore contact lenses but did not have them when she left; she usually kept prescription eyeglasses with her. Identifying marks include a fleur de lis tattoo on her right shoulder blade and two sea turtles on her right calf. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office took the missing person report filed August 15, 2017, and the case was later circulated by missing persons organizations, but it remains unsolved.

If anyone saw Denise after August 4, 2017, or knows anything about her whereabouts, can you share what you remember?