Edwina Atieno Onyango was 34 when she vanished after leaving a voicemail for her sister on December 9, 2007, saying she was going to the Lansford home of her estranged husband, Ernest Troy Freeby, to pick something up. At the time she worked as a live-in care provider in Allentown; Freeby lived on West Bertsch Street in Lansford. Her brother reported her missing on December 17, 2007, and the Pennsylvania State Police took over the case.

Investigators found Edwina’s car parked at Freeby’s house. He told police she left with an unidentified woman and said she had allowed him to use her credit cards after she disappeared. In the basement, police discovered a large amount of blood that DNA later confirmed was Edwina’s; the trail ran down the basement stairs into a coal bin and appeared to have been painted over in an attempt to hide it. No body has been recovered.

Freeby was charged in August 2009 and, after a three-week trial in January 2012, was convicted of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence and sentenced to life without parole. Edwina’s family continues to lack a final resting place for her; anyone who knew her or has information about her disappearance is asked to come forward.