Mabel Pugliese, 82, of Lakeland, Florida, was last seen on July 13, 2008. She had early-stage Alzheimer’s and needed a walker or wheelchair after a hip replacement. On the day she vanished she called out for help; a neighbor summoned police and officers found her disoriented but apparently lucid. She accused her live-in caregiver, Edward Lee Caldwell, of holding wild parties at her home, though no evidence of parties was found.

Caldwell, a convicted sex offender who moved in after his 2007 release, had taken control of Pugliese’s finances and estate, removing her daughter as beneficiary and withdrawing large sums. When the daughter reported Mabel missing in December 2008, the home appeared cleared out and there were no signs Pugliese had been living there. Caldwell gave conflicting accounts and then said he did not know her whereabouts. He was arrested in 2009 on charges including manslaughter, neglect, and exploitation of an elderly person and in 2012 pleaded no contest. Mabel’s body has never been found and key facts about her disappearance remain unclear.

If anyone knew Mabel, her routines, or saw changes at her home in mid‑2008, can you help fill in what happened?