Karen Laroche was 31 when she vanished from Shelton, Connecticut, in the summer of 2008. The last known contact was July 10, 2008, the day she failed to show up to return her children to their father—an unremarkable parental exchange that became the first sign something was seriously wrong. After she didn’t arrive, all communication from her stopped and family and friends began searching for answers.

Shelton Police documented her as a missing person and her case was circulated with a physical description: Black/African American female, 5 feet 4 inches, about 200 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes. Investigators and loved ones drew a blank on concrete leads, and the investigation eventually went cold though it remains officially open.

The central unanswered question is why she failed to return her children that day. Does anyone have information about Karen’s last known movements around July 10, 2008, or recall seeing her in Shelton then?