Barbara Ellen Brunson, 66, disappeared from Greene’s Residential Care Facility in Sumter, South Carolina after she was last seen on August 4, 2008. That morning she asked staff for some hair products and said she would wait on the porch, a common gathering spot; she then walked away from the facility and was not seen again. Brunson lived at the facility for about five years and was a vulnerable adult with dementia, schizophrenia, hypertension, diabetes and a mild intellectual disability.

She is described as a Black female, 5 feet 5 inches and about 140 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and missing front teeth. At the time of her disappearance she was reportedly wearing a brown and red shirt, blue jeans, red socks, black shoes and a purple scarf. Staff said she had wandered away from the facility on four occasions in the six months before she vanished; efforts to move her to a more secure placement were hampered by a lack of openings. Police were not notified until twelve hours after she was last seen; an extensive search found no clues and the Sumter Police Department continued the case with few public updates.

Does anyone have information about Barbara’s movements in Sumter in August 2008 or recall seeing her that day?