Karen Burger, 56, was last seen July 25, 2011, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. She told her father she was going out with a man she had met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and did not return home. Leaving her small dog behind was out of character and raised immediate concern.

In the days before she vanished Karen asked her daughter, son-in-law and their young child to temporarily leave her house; they stayed at a nearby motel. Karen was seen at that same motel a few hours after they checked in but did not stay with them. The family later left the area and were reported missing on July 28; they were found around Christmas 2011 in Ohio and said they had no knowledge of Karen’s whereabouts.

Few clues have emerged and the New Smyrna Beach Police Department has urged anyone with information to contact them. Did anyone in the New Smyrna Beach area know Karen’s routines or the man she’d met at AA?