Carlita Yvette Gentry Lohmeier was 56 when she left her Marlowe Street home in Detroit on November 20, 2009, to walk the two blocks to a neighborhood store at Hubbell and Fenkell. She told her mother she would be back in a few minutes but never returned. Distinguishing marks include a small scar in the center of her forehead and a split right earlobe. She was last reported wearing a short jacket, blue jeans, and red medium-length crocodile-style boots.

Reports indicate Carlita left identification and other personal items at home, and investigators and family do not believe she vanished voluntarily. NamUs lists her as case MP10639 with last contact in Detroit, and Charley Project notes she was a widow and mother of several children. There is no public, confirmed sighting after the store and few investigative details have been released.

Her family continues to seek answers about what happened after that brief errand. If anyone has information about Carlita’s movements on November 20, 2009, or knew her by the names Gentry Lohmeier or Patterson, please contact the Detroit Police Department.