Cosme Ibay, 78, of Orlando was last seen on September 7, 2008, in Polk City, Florida. He regularly visited Polk City to tend a garden at his former home and was reported working in that garden on Waterview Drive around 1:00 p.m. the day he disappeared. Later the same day his vehicle, described as a gold 1993 Pontiac Subaru, was found abandoned in the Gator Creek Preserve parking lot in Lakeland, about 20 miles from his last known location.

Searches including K-9 teams, aerial surveillance, and ground units turned up no sign of Ibay. His family says he had no health or mental issues that would explain leaving, and they emphasize he was the primary caregiver for his wife, who had Alzheimer’s disease. The case remains classified as missing and endangered, with no significant new leads reported.

Does anyone who was in the Polk City or Gator Creek Preserve area on September 7, 2008, remember seeing Ibay or his gold 1993 Pontiac Subaru?